"THE GOLDEN LION" takes place just a few months after the end of Birds of Prey. We find out that Hal Courtney's father's old enemy, Mouseketeer, was not destroyed after all, he was just horribly maimed in the sea battle and swears revenge against Hal. By entering the war on the side of the Ethiopians at the end of the previous book, Hal made many other enemies besides Egerészölyv. This team forms an alliance and plans to kidnap Hal and his love Judith, who is expecting a child, traveling on the Golden Bough ship with all their might. The road is long and complicated, it is impossible to know who will ultimately inherit the paternal inheritance and who will defeat the other, whether the couple in love will finally reach the shores of England.