In the world of San'Sara, intelligent animals stand at the apex of life. They only have one equal, the human Tamers who bond with them.

Ko'Eri, the land of the Felines, is in the midst of a cold civil war between the Lion and Tiger Clans. Now the shedding of fresh blood has sparked a new fire to warm it.

Princes Mazin and Zaki, twins born during the beginning of the civil war, have come of age. The time to bond with their own Tamed Beasts has arrived.

Zaki, the elder and heir, is eager to prove himself worthy of the Lion Clan's throne. Mazin is forced north for his own bonding, for prejudice is rife against dark Tamers in the capital.

Clan secrets are exposed, old enemies rise from the ashes and thrive in the chaos. The civil war is only a taste of the troubles that come for all the Feline Clans.