Once every 17 years, millions of red-eyed insects emerge from the earth and fill the forest with their song. Follow squirrels Fae (a prepper) and Cyrus (a foodie) as they confront an invasion of periodical cicadas. Fixated on preparing for the winter, squirrel Fae drags her brother Cyrus out to forage. But when Fae leaves to hide an acorn, Cyrus comes face to face with a raven and a warning. In the dead of a warm and rainy night, millions of periodical cicadas emerge from the ground. Fleeing for their lives, Cyrus and Fae try everything to defeat them. Exhausted, and with no place left to run, they collapse - only to learn that the cicadas won't win this fight. An illustrated epilogue, hosted by a cicada nymph, reviews the facts you learned along the way.