The little Korat, Bhu Fan and her henchman, Hawkeye the Maine Coon, are now afoot in Northern England where two of their companions go astray and meet up with a wilder cousin who takes a dim view of mere housecats in his territory. While back at Siberia Farm in Maine, Shere Khan and Smudge have deadly crises of their own to deal with. And an antique quilt Beth Merryman finds in an old shop in Kendal, Cumbria holds the key to a 200-year-old mystery in far off Penobscot County.