Long ago, long before Sylver the weasel was born, the humans all left Welkin. Now life for a weasel
- under the heavy paw of the vicious stoat rulers
- is pretty miserable (unless you hap, pen to be a weasel who LIKES living in a hovel & toiling all hours for the benefit of the stoats).
It's certainly not enough for Sylver. Or for his small band of outlaws, both jacks & jills. But slingshots & darts can only do so much against heavily-armed stoats & life as an outlaw has a fairly limited future (probably a painful one, too). That's when Sylver comes up with his plan
- a heroic plan that could destroy the stoats' reign of power for ever. He will find the humans, & bring them back to Welkin! & the first step is to follow up a clue from the past
- a clue that lies in a place known as THUNDER OAK