Devon Pryce has lived all his life in the high rises of New New York. Until he now receives a new calling - from a cat. Senator Hame is trying to rebuild society, but there are those who would stand in her way.
On his first mission for Senator Hame, Devon crosses continents to arrive in the New Forest. Trees are dying of unnatural causes. Sapling Vale, a cutting of the noble Jabe of the Forest of Cheem, will help Devon investigate the threat.
Senator Hame is summoned to New Cairo by the spiritual leader of Catkind: the Most Exalted High Persian - a personage of great power and wisdom - to report on her investigations.