Heroyi bahat′och kazok Limana Frenka Bauma – Doroti ta CHarivnyk – znovu zustrilysya na storinkach tsiyeyi knyzhky. Odnak ts′oho razu na nych chekayut′, mabut′, naykarkolomnishi pryhody. Razom z chlopchykom Zebom, koshenyam Evrykoyu, Konem-Rydvanom ta dev’yat′ma krychitnymy porosyatamy vony potraplyayut′ u hihants′ku trischynu, yaku sprychynyv potuzhnyy zemletrus. I opynyayut′sya v pidzemniy charivniy krayini, meshkantsi yakoyi hotovi na vse, aby pozbutysya neprochanych hostey. Poshuky shlyachu dodomu pryvodyat′ vymushenych mandrivnykiv v bahato inshych nebezpechnych mists′, ale yichnya kmitlyvist′ zvodyt′ nanivets′ pidstupni plany nedruhiv.