This book has three different stories, ruuning side by side where there is always one person coming up in each story, one story is about a race of jaguars who can speak living in thr tallest trees, the main person in that story is kasha, a female, they enslaved gars(not going to tell what they are), and use not only for work but for aggresive sports with zenzens (horse type thing), kasha plays this sport, and her dad is against it, and tries to persuade to stop, but her friend wants her to keep on playing. She slowy starts to agree with her father, although she is the best on the team. there are two more stoties about a retiered general, and a gradtuated aquaner. those stoties you must read yourself, it really is a great book.