In this rollicking fishy tale, two eleven-year old cousins, Sophie and
Wil, uncover a secret plot by the Serpent's Chain – an ancient, magical
secret society – to seize Manitoba's Legislative Building (or as it is
known in MiddleGate, the Palace of the Blazing Star). The children try
to unlock the Palace's hidden code, aided by a homeless women with long
whiskers and fishy stench who lives by the river. This woman, though,
is none other than Catfysh herself, the Spirit of the River. Stone
lions, cow skulls, bison and sphinxes and even a stone Medusa spring to
life to help the children save the Palace of the Blazing Star.