"An impossible quest, a dangerous mission, and cats who have powers no mortal cat should have .. it was a set up for disaster. And yet it happened. As sure as I stand here, the story I will tell is true. It happened, not so long ago I suppose, but then, time is unknown to me. If you like I could tell you what went on, for who is more able to tell tales then I? I am Shining Silver. I am the keeper of secrets. Listen to me, drift away to a desperate age, a time when many thought there was no hope left. But quite on the contrary, there was ..."