Firestar's three grandchildren have learned of the powerful prophecy that foretells their destinies, and the responsibility of deciding the Clans' future weighs heavily on the three apprentices. But each secretly yearns for power: Lionpaw dreams of being undefeatable in battle, while Hollypaw longs to be a great leader and Jaypaw knows only he can see the true past and future for them all. Their strengths are tested when ThunderClan is suddenly attacked—and all four Clans are thrown into a battle unlike any the cats have ever seen.Then a dark shadow falls across the forest, and a mysterious stranger warns the Clans of more trouble to come. For the first time, it appears that StarClan does not hold the answers the cats need.All of a sudden, the warrior code is being tested. A crisis of faith threatens to tear the four Clans apart and destroy what the cats have built their lives upon. . . .

火星的三个孙子已经知道了预示他们命运的强大预言，决定氏族未来的责任重重地压在这三个学徒身上。但每个人都暗暗渴望着权力。狮爪梦想着在战斗中立于不败之地，而霍利爪则渴望成为一名伟大的领袖，杰帕知道只有他能看到他们所有人的真正过去和未来。当雷霆家族突然受到攻击时，他们的力量受到了考验--所有四个家族都被扔进了一场猫咪们从未见过的战斗中。然后，一个黑暗的阴影笼罩了整个森林，一个神秘的陌生人警告各家族，更多的麻烦即将到来。这是第一次，星族似乎并没有掌握猫咪们所需要的答案。一场信仰危机威胁着四族的分裂，摧毁了猫咪们赖以生存的东西。. . .