The well-loved but frustrated son of the Clans’ only mediator, this young tom is desperate to separate himself from the legacy of his father’s weirdness and be seen as just a normal SkyClan cat. But when he discovers he has inherited his father’s power to speak to the dead, the responsibility of untangling a dark web of secrets and deception that has touched all of the Clans falls onto his shoulders. Will Rootspring embrace what has always been a part of him and help a spirit desperate to be heard? Or will he turn away from the weirdness that he’s always been desperate to escape from?