A collection of stories about Big Johnson Bone and his adventures in the valley as he tries to save forest-dwelling animals from the threat of rat creatures.
Lucius, Smiley and Phoney are attacked by rat creatures in the forrest, barely making it to Lucius' tavern while at the farm, Fone Bone and Thorn are having strange dreams and Gran'ma Ben suddenly begins revealing secrets and new dangers.
The continuing comic book saga finds the Bone cousins face-to-face with a dragon, providing Phoney with a good opportunity to sell beer and Thorn with an unexpected connection to her past; while danger lurks in the form of the rat creature Kingdok.
"Ride along with the boys and their friend Bartleby the Bay Rat Creature as they brave the dangerous journey across the desert back to Boneville in their rickety cow cart"--Back cover.
As war spreads through the valley, Gran'ma Ben, Lucius and Phoney Bone join the Veni-yan warriors at Old Man's Cave to make their final stand against the rat creature army.
