When Prince Mutt Blue is exiled from the pinnacle of a mysterious world called The Cliff by his father Baron Anton Blue, he soon meets the beautiful but troubled Partridge Bark, from the Kingdom of Cornea, about to jump to her death. The ensuing helicopter accident draws them into a doomed romance and introduces them to Torvek Rotinski, an adventurer from Skullborough who has lost his camera during the helicopter explosion. The three friends are running low on provisions when they find a boat which can take them on the mysterious Inner River to the Nexus Island--a hinge point between dimensions. There they find themselves caught in a civil war between Sheriff Raymont Raymont of Nexus Island and the Equivocal Smattering of Miscellaneous Territories, Etc. and the so-called Penguinistas. Who is the enigmatic, absent penguin? Can Mutt Blue and Partridge Bark's love survive? Is it okay to eat 30 samosas and not pay? For the answers to these and other pressing questions, please consult the pages within.