Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think -- but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards, protecting the earth from dark forces and helping to maintain the network of magical gateways between different realities. This is truly an amazing, secret animal world...but it is a world in great peril.

Duane's themes -- the use of magic exacts a high price; pain and death can paradoxically lead to growth; and keeping one's word is the foundation of honesty -- are firmly stated. However, most readers will be driven to finish the story, and only later will these ideas return to haunt the mind". -- School Library Journal