Eleven-year-old stableboy Marco and his talking horse Scout journey through the Southern badlands -- and almost immediately find themselves in a whirlwind adventure with a band of desperados! Separated by a disastrous chase with the law, Marco and Scout must find one another and make it out of the badlands alive... but the leader of the desperados may have the answers Marco has been looking for in his ongoing quest to lift the curse from a mysterious satchel. Meanwhile, errant knight Martin has joined the bandit forces of The River Fox. But Martin's misadventures bring the discontented bandits to full mutiny, and soon Martin and Princess Robin are running for their lives, hunted by both the bandits and the King's Guard. Dragon chases, bandit traps and dark secrets from the past chase them to the lair of the Dragon Lord. Will Martin and Robin finally be able to work together to overcome their greatest enemy yet?