Book 1. Many lifetimes since the well-known founders of the Lake had passed. Tensions have been dead for a long while, until a new threat started to darken the clans... With cats dying due to an incurable disease, twolegs destroying the Moonpool, and predators constantly being chased deeper into their camps from outside sources, the clans are facing a time of near peril. Many important roles have died off, and the clans have no way to communicate with their ancestors in hopes of fixing these errors... However, an idea is proposed by Mountainstar of ShadowClan; the last remaining leader; to seek refuge and re-build in a safer place, as one for the clans to heal. While skepticism arises, every cat internally knows that travelling away might be their only hope...