Times aren't good for Tobias. He's still trying to get used to the wild, dangerous life of a raptar, all the while dealing wwith his fellow Animorph's thinly veiled pity. And to make matters worse, new there's some big, clocked space ship flying into the mountains, a ship only he can find. It all becomes too much for Tobias, and he loses it. Can his friends help him get back to his old self in time to stop the newest Yeerk plot?