Meet Cinnabar Rusk, a robust--never call him fat--leporine bookworm of a well-known lineage. His soul is full of adventure beyond their quaint home in the Flower Valley, and his heart is full of love for Lyra Marsk. Life is simple, until an army of creatures defying even myth crack the Rim which surrounds their world and wages war, killing all in their path, leaving Cinnabar and his townsfolk to flee for their lives. In the first book of this Redwall-esque tale, Cinnabar must pull together his smarts and unite his friends in order to save his home and those he loves. Will he be the hero he dreams to be, or will he be the fat nerd his kind sees him as? This is no longer the stories of heroes past Cinnabar has read; this is for real, and war is the most unimaginable hell.