Peter Thompson chooses to return to space with the alien Broxholm who has been masquerading as a teacher in order to study humans, but he is alarmed to discove the rulers of the galaxy are debating how to solve the problem of violent, destructive, underachieving Earthlings.
Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.
When the daughter of the Queen of the Mischief Monsters runs away from home, it is up to Edward, Moongobble, Urk, and Fireball to return her to Monster Mountain--then start a new quest.
When Edward accompanies Moongobble into the Forest of Night to prove he is a magician of merit by obtaining the tears of a werewolf, he does not know what big surprises are in store for them.