For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may turn out to be the bravest warrior of all.

While Frostpaw takes refuge in ShadowClan as Splashtail seizes control of her home, Nightheart returns to ThunderClan and to a complicated reunion with his mate Sunbeam whose efforts to fit in as ThunderClan's newest member are hampered by her treacherous mother.

"Frostpaw was told to trust no cat, but a brutal attack has left her gravely injured, and she'll need to depend on someone. When help arrives in the form of a young warrior, she convinces him to protect her as she follows StarClan's cryptic directions toward the roots of RiverClan, where Riverstar has promised she'll find the answers she's been so desperately seeking. Back at the lake, the tension between ShadowClan and its neighbors might be easing,...

"Meet Cat. Cat sits, runs, and plays. But at the end of the day, Cat can sure use a nap"--

The warrior cat Fireheart's determination to uncover the truth about another warrior's death leads him deep into danger, and reveals secrets that test the strength of clan loyalties.

"Miss Hazeltine opens her home to cats who need help learning how to be brave, and their new skills are put to use when she finds herself in a bind"--

"As a leaderless RiverClan faces disaster, its warriors and its young medicine cat apprentice are determined to protect their Clan and find its new leader-even if it means lying to the other Clans"--

Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby take time off from napping to play on the Yankee Doodle Dandies baseball team.

In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.

"With RiverClan in crisis, ShadowClan and its leader Tigerstar step in to offer their help-whether RiverClan wants it or not"--