Disaster struck the clans soon after the murderous psychopath Littlestar rose to the position of leader. A peaceful Gathering went very wrong when she murdered the WindClan leader and many more, but she was stopped before she could do more damage. Now the clans are left in the wake of her terror with ThunderClan and WindClan on the brink of war and RiverClan and ShadowClan soon to follow suit. One wrong move will tip the frail balance that holds the peace in place, and everyone knows it's coming. The question is: who will strike first?

This GREENLEAF has been treating the clans well. Prey is more abundant than ever in the clans, and Mother Nature has been kind. RiverClan, however, is struggling with finding enough fish because the beavers have built a dam beyond Clan territory, limiting the flow of water and necessary prey animals.

The medicine cats' meeting with StarClan has brought bad tidings. In ThunderClan, distrust grows against the new leader. RiverClan is warned that the beavers are not as friendly as they had hoped. Jaystar of WindClan lost all of her lives after a run-in with a unnaturally vicious fox, and all of the clans are warned that Littlestar has not left the forest completely. StarClan is losing its grip on the clans' reality, and it's not looking good.