Viperpaw was told he would always be more. He was destined for great things, or at least his mentor, Pigeonwing, always told him so. But he wasn't. He knew that from the moment IceWhisker became deputy. All the work, the extra patrols, the hunting, all for nothing. The only thing he had left to do was retire to the elders den. No cat would make a cat as old as him deputy. But when deputy becomes up for grabs, power falls in the wrong hands. Maybe he'll finally have the chance to do something about it.