Living a life of abandoment and betrayal, Briarpaw has had it. With her father dead, her brother a loner, her mother a cruel and evil cat, Briarpaw decides she can no longer live within her family home of Woodclan. But her journey to a new safe haven is long, cold, dangerous, and lonesome. Will she be able to take it, or will she turn back and head home to Woodclan?