Raven is the son of Red - who is in charge of the Forest Camp - and Heather - a former red-eyed warrior -. He struggles to live up to the expectations his mother and father have set. After nearly drowning in the lake he gets a visit from a mysterious tom who offers to help him, he gratefully accepts the tom's help. But what Raven doesn't know is that the mysterious tom is his uncle, Bone, the former leader of the red-eyed warriors.

A deadly legend surrounds the woods of Lost Lake. Cats live in fear as their loved ones vanish with out a trace. A young tom named Moth stumbles apon a secret that revels the truth behind the disappearances. But by reveling the truth, the legend suddenly becomes true.