In this nail-biting volume of the Ferret Chronicles, detective Shamrock Ferret fights to solve the mystery of a ferret civilization in a parallel dimension--a deeply felt, passionate call for peace. Can one animal save the world? So asks Richard Bach, bestselling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Ferret Chronicles. This moving fable about the almost-end of a civilization and the profound issues it raises--that of war and peace, life and death, revenge and forgiveness, guilt and innocence--is a timely tale of timeless themes sure to resonate with anyone concerned about the present state of the world.