She was one of the Doones who had killed my father. But her voice touched my heart and I could not hate her. In 1673 young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone . Seven years later they meet again, and fall in love. But the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. Then John is ordered to go to London. The government wants him to help stop a rebellion against the King. They also want him to help destroy the Doones. But can John save Lorna?