Zeegpaw, the dog with more luck than any animal on the face of the land is back! Once again, Inkpen, the evil feline is trying to kill him and works on a fiendish plot to send the lovable canine to the dangerous Outlands where he must battle Mother Rat, the gangster with a liking for all that is bad, and The Children of the Vine, a group of cats who specialise in Dumort, the ancient art of cat duelling.