500 years in the future, out of the ashes of her ancestor, a new black dragon has risen. Once again the Rider of Legend is called on upon to help and defeat this evil. Yet when her enemy comes up with the ultimate weapon she finds that even she, may not be able to stop what is about to happen. This time, riders from both the past and the future must unite and join the Rider of Legend in a battle more intense than ever before. Yet what none of them have foreseen is that things have been set into motion, things that will change everything. Nothing will ever be the same again. The beginning of the end starts here.

A half-moon has passed since Shadecloud received the warning about WindClan from Firestar. When a fire burns through most of WindClan's territory, Ashstar is ready to do anything to get the food her Clan needs, including killing ThunderClan's warriors. How will ThunderClan face this threat, and what will StarClan think?

It has been a while since the Clans won the battle against the Dark Forest. ThunderClan is prospering under Bramblestar's leadership and the rest of the Clans have been thriving too. But a strange black liquid is covering ShadowClan's territory, killing and poisoning their prey, and ShadowClan's leader, Blackstar, decides to steal prey from ThunderClan to keep his Clan from starving. Bramblestar originally intended to attack ShadowClan, but his sister, who had fled from the ShadowClan camp when she heard that Blackstar intended to steal ThunderClan's prey, begged him not to attack them. As ShadowClan keeps pushing farther past the boundaries, will Bramblestar chooose loyalty to his sister or loyalty to his Clan?