1. The King of the Desert

In the First Kippernickker Adventure, The King of the Desert, (The series platform story) Jonathan, Nicholas, Sarah and Matthew Kippernickker discover a secret code, a silver key, and a hidden trap-door in their garden vines. The trapdoor leads them down a flight of stairs and along a passageway with many doors. Opening one, they find themselves in a desert and become involved in a fight between two sworn enemies, the King of the Desert, and the Sultan of the Sun. It is Sarah’s golf ball which is brings about their reconciliation and the problem happily solved.