The Dark Portal is set soon after the fire cat returns from Kaldivari, the home of the Rhatha Khan and the Ocean Lord, and begins with autumn. The Dark Portal begins, as ever, with a mystery, albeit, a most gruesome and disturbing one. But as the fire cat and his companions try to solve the mystery, events take them down a much darker and more sinister route. Little does our hero know that, by taking the path into the unknown, he will face his greatest challenge yet, throwing all he has ever known into confusion and doubt. He is about to confront the thing that could potentially tear his world, and his soul, apart. However, the fire cat is not alone in his perilous task as we shall see.