The new book by the famous Ukrainian writer Zira Menzatiuk "Desperate Riders" is a continuation of the action-packed stories "The Secret of the Cossack Sabre", which is included in the school curriculum, and "Wild Summer in the Crimea", which is to be made into a film.

This time, the Rusnak family travels along the Dnipro River, where they come across the historic Black Way, find themselves in the night Black Forest and on the shores of Black Lake, the most mystical of Ukrainian lakes. The dreamed-of relaxing holiday turned into a whole cascade of adventures and strange antics when it appeared that Natalka's new friend needed to save his unusual friend. The protagonist's interventions will only complicate the situation, and her pranks will bring a completely unexpected result...