The Cats of the Castle: Book One: Quest for the Key

Move Over, Mickey

Deep inside Sleeping Beauty Castle, in rooms secretly built by Walt Disney himself, live the true champions of Disneyland. Not princes, not Imagineers, not Mickey. Cats. Cats of the Castle! Their mission: to preserve the magic of the park from the villains who would destroy it.

Given speech and intelligence from a pinch of Walt's pixie dust, the cats enjoy (nine) lives of luxury in Disneyland, but in exchange must hold up their end of the bargain with Walt and patrol the park at night, fighting vermin, rogue cats, and human adversaries alike.

Led by the wise Thurl, the cats—geeky Kimball, plucky Lilli, tough Elias, and brave Oliver—now face their greatest challenge.

A deranged man named Mintz seeks a hidden key that has the power to expunge magic from Disneyland. Aided by his rat enforcers and a monstrous, enchanted raccoon named Scavenge, Mintz will stop at nothing. The battle rages throughout the park, culminating in a showdown on Splash Mountain, the forbidden domain of a clan of evil felines.

The cats may need all of their nine lives to save Disneyland!