"Pirates greedy for treasure and secret agents hungry for power are both chasing Sheeta, a young girl who wears a mysterious blue stone around her neck. The stone's power makes Sheeta defy gravity and float down into the life of Pazu, a tough young orphan boy inventor. Soon Pazu and Sheeta are caught up together --way up, into the clouds, where somewhere awaits Laputa, a floating city built by a lost race of people. Ancient secrets link Sheeta's...

"Just behind Pazu and Sheeta are soldiers from the aerial dreadnought Goliath -- who have captured Dola and her pirate crew, and are now looting the gold and jewels of the Castle in the Sky for themselves! But the man who guided them there, Muska, has his eyes on power, not money -- and he alone knows how to activate the Castle's ancient superweapons that could make him master of the world! Can Pazu and Sheeta stop his sinister plan?" --Jacket.