When four adventurous youth and a pair of rats join forces to try to stop a murder will they be in time?
For most of their life Faulkil and Snowlight have been escaping danger. The pair believe they have found the perfect home in a burrow under a majestic boulder near a peaceful river. Aransoak is a gentle neighborly giant until spring rains and snow melt off combine to turn the river into a raging force of destruction. The rats must escape and time is of the essence, for Snowlight is nearly due to start a family.
The river is causing problems for their human neighbors also. Homes are being swept away,pets killed, businesses destroyed and bridges toppling. Plans are put in place to clean up and repair the destruction. Sarah, a local girl, is informed that her dad who is a prisoner at a county jail will be involved in the cleanup. Unfortunately Tom has angered a group of peers and they are out to kill him. Will Sarah, her friends,and the rats be able to stop her father's murder?