Colette lives with her mother, making beautiful dresses for the rich women of Venice. She`s never known her father, and her mother won`t speak of him - but Colette`s embroidery moves and dances, and she`s sure that there`s magic in her blood ...And then Colette discovers the truth: her father is a famous maskmaker and a powerful magician. But when he`s ordered to create a mask that will bend others to its will, the magic becomes too strong for him to resist. Can Colette, with the help of a talking alley cat called Max, save him?