Amberfern is a young shadowclan warrior who has a mother who doesn't love her, a father who ran off to be a kittypet, and a little sister who gets all of her mothers love and leaves none for Amberfern. More than once, Amberfern loses control of her anger and her episodes of uncontrollable rage lead her to find secrets about the forest she has lived in her whole life that she wishes she had never found out.