An Elder from Ellie's local Shifter Council has failed to return home after a vacation, long overdue and out of communication, prompting the Community find out what has happened to their friend. Ellie and the boys take part in the search-n-bring-home operation, but at a terribly tricky time for the twins. Their Change is coming in a matter of days, the first shapeshift and introduction into Community life; nothing can stop it. But with no option other than to go, and no way she would leave the boys behind at such a critical time, Ellie takes her family West to play their part in the oepration. When they arrive, though, events unfold that overshadow a missing Elder, ones that could impact Shifter society as a whole, all over the world, as a time-tested enemy rears its head with malicious intent. And that is only the threat from without...
