A different way of looking at the Black Plague which wiped out nearly one third of the entire European population and plunged the world into the Dark Ages. The plague had a profound change in politics, religion, and royalty. Here, the plague is unveiled through the eyes of those who lived (and died) in these fictional accounts written by different writers. One reviewer called this book the "most depressing he ever read...depressing, because it was so true."

The great terror known as the plague swept through Europe and caused the death of anywhere from 22 to 45 million people. To casual researchers, the plague came in like a tidal wave and washed away the dead. But it was not like a fire that consumed all it touched instantly. It was a long, painful process as survivors watched their loved ones slowly wither away...as innocent people were put to death in a feeble strike against the cause of the plague...as monks and doctors stood helpless among the pleading arms reaching for them. Here are some of those stories.

Of a man burying most of his family and discovering that he is not a victim of the plague. As he waits, he prays to God that he can wait long enough so that he can bury the wife and remaining daughter who are on their deathbeds.

Of two young girls, suffering from leprosy, who find an act of kindness as they wait to be put to death in the mistaken belief that the plague derived from leprosy.

Of an older man who takes the piles of dead bodies out into the lake and burns the boats. He wonders pensively if there will be anyone to take him when his time comes.

Of a doctor who is terrified of catching the plague and therefore refuses to help…even those who pound endlessly on his door.

Of a young man who refuses to allow his dead lover to be buried for he feats the dogs will dig her up. So, he waits over her body to fend off the dogs...and waits...

Of a man who picks up the dead and takes them to the lime pits where the bodies are put into mass graves and covered with lime. A man pleads to go but he is not dead...yet.

These stories and others deal with the fictionalized accounts of those who lived and died during the plague. The methods used to stop the plague, the treatments, the blame are all covered here in their narrations.