The three Clans of the Lake, DewClan, LakeClan, and SnowClan, have existed in a tense, strained peace for moons. Hackles begin to raise and claws unsheathe just as Sunpaw and her brothers, Moonpaw and Shockpaw become apprentices of DewClan. Mysterious deaths and disappearances are steadily increasing, and it seems more than one kind of taboo is abound.