Masada was born into a proud and ever-expanding family of meerkats, the Kivuli clan. His father is a great warrior and his mother a wise story-teller. Masada's brothers and sisters mean the world to him, and they spend hours playing together. Then one day, the sky falls dark in a solar eclipse, and his world changes forever ... When a near-death experience with a marauding jackal nearly takes his life, Masada is thrown into shock, wandering far away from his family. He comes face to face with a deadly snake, but the Isibani meerkat clan saves him. The Isibani take the young pup into their...