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Kate’s 2¢: “The Palace” by Christopher Reich; Paul Michael
“The Palace” by Christopher Reich; Paul Michael
NOTEThere is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
Well, there seems to be a lot of blood, guts, and other gratuitous violence, but, I suspect, that is the nature of high drama spy stories. I found the details of some of the architecture interesting.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.christopherreich.com
Christopher Reich is an American author.
He was born in Tokyo on November 12, 1961, son to Willy Wolfgang Reich and Mildred Reich. His family moved to the United States in 1965. He graduated undergrad from Georgetown University and went on to study business at the University of Texas. He worked in Switzerland as an investment banker before returning to the United States to become an author. He lives in San Diego and has two daughters, Noelle and Katja. He has written twelve novels, many of which have appeared on the NYT Bestseller list
Paul Michael | Narrator | Penguin Random House Audio. Paul Michael is a stage, screen, and television actor of international status. His TV credits include leading roles in a number of British sitcoms. He has acted onstage in plays ranging from Macbeth to The Wizard of Oz.
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The palace DB103193
Reich, Christopher; Michael, Paul Reading time: 12 hours, 47 minutes.
Paul Michael
Suspense Fiction
Spy Stories
Private spy and ex-con Simon Riske rushes to Bangkok after a close friend is thrown into a notorious prison. Within hours, Riske stumbles into a web of intrigue and finds himself a wanted man. Sequel to Crown Jewel (DB 103247). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The last Mona Lisa” by Jonathan Santlofer
“The last Mona Lisa” by Jonathan Santlofer
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
It was interesting how the author mixed in fact and fiction to come up with a believable story. I liked reading about the foreign sights.
Santlofer, Jonathan 1946–PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1946, in New York, NY; son of Louis and Edith (Brill) Santlofer; married Joy Katzman; children: Doria. Education: Boston University, B.F.A., 1967; Pratt Institute, M.F.A., 1969.
Jonathan Santlofer is a writer and artist. His debut novel, The Death Artist, was an international bestseller and his novel, Anatomy of Fear, won the Nero Award for best crime novel of 2009. Jonathan created the Crime Fiction Academy as The Center for Fiction. As an artist, Jonathan has made replications of famous paintings for more than 20 years.
Jonathan Santlofer is the author of five novels and a highly respected artist whose work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, and Arts, and appears in many public, private, and corporate collections. He serves on the board of Yaddo, one of the oldest artist communities in the country.
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The last Mona Lisa: a novel DB105442
Santlofer, Jonathan. Reading time: 10 hours, 12 minutes.
Read by Stephen Van Doren.
Suspense Fiction
Historical Fiction
In 1911, the Mona Lisa is stolen. More than one hundred years later, art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth of his most famous ancestor, Vincent Peruggia, the man who stole the Mona Lisa. But Luke uncovers darker secrets. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2021.
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Kate’s 2¢: “A Swiftly Tilting Planet” by Madeleine L’Engle
“A Swiftly Tilting Planet” by Madeleine L’Engle
Madelyn Buzzard did a nice job of reading this third story in this series.
What child wouldn’t be enthralled by a young boy and a splendid unicorn, who transport through risky times and space to research the O’Keefe genealogy.
“…The world has been abnormal for so long that we’ve forgotten how to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace and harmony, we have to create it in our home.”
“Rune: I place all Hevan and Its power; the sun with it’s brightness and snow with its whiteness; the fire with all the strength it has; and lightening with its rapid wrath; and the wind with all its swiftness along their path; and the sea with its deepness; and the rocks with their steepness; and earth with it’s darkness . All these I pace with Almighty God’s help and grace between myself and the powers of darkness.”
Meg and Charles Wallace are so mentally in touch that they are able to help each other, even though Charles Wallace is ‘within’ another’s body, in another time and place.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeleine L’Engle (/ˈlɛŋɡəl/; November 29, 1918[1] – September 6, 2007)[2] was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science.
Early life
Madeleine L’Engle Camp was born in New York City on November 29, 1918, and named after her great-grandmother, Madeleine Margaret L’Engle, otherwise known as Mado.[3] Her maternal grandfather was Florida banker Bion Barnett, co-founder of Barnett Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. Her mother, a pianist, was also named Madeleine: Madeleine Hall Barnett. Her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a writer, critic, and foreign correspondent who, according to his daughter, suffered lung damage from mustard gas during World War I.[a]
L’Engle wrote her first story aged five and began keeping a journal aged eight.[5] These early literary attempts did not translate into academic success at the New York City private school where she was enrolled. A shy, clumsy child, she was branded as stupid by some of her teachers. Unable to please them, she retreated into her own world of books and writing. Her parents often disagreed about how to raise her, and as a result she attended a number of boarding schools and had many governesses.[6][page needed]
The Camps traveled frequently. At one point, the family moved to a château near Chamonix in the French Alps, in what Madeleine described as the hope that the cleaner air would be easier on her father’s lungs. Madeleine was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland. However, in 1933, L’Engle’s grandmother fell ill, and they moved near Jacksonville, Florida to be close to her. L’Engle attended another boarding school, Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina. When her father died in October 1936, Madeleine arrived home too late to say goodbye.[7]
Education,
L’Engle attended Smith College from 1937 to 1941. After graduating cum laude from Smith,[8] she moved to an apartment in New York City. L’Engle published her novels The Small Rain and Ilsa prior to 1942.[9] She met actor Hugh Franklin that year when she appeared in the play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov,[10] and she married him on January 26, 1946. Later she wrote of their meeting and marriage, “We met in The Cherry Orchard and were married in The Joyous Season.”[8] The couple’s first daughter, Josephine, was born in 1947.
The family moved to a 200-year-old farmhouse called Crosswicks in the small town of Goshen, Connecticut in 1952. To replace Franklin’s lost acting income, they purchased and operated a small general store, while L’Engle continued with her writing. Their son Bion was born that same year.[11] Four years later, seven-year-old Maria, the daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins and they adopted her shortly thereafter. During this period, L’Engle also served as choir director of the local Congregational church.[12]
Writing career
L’Engle determined to give up writing on her 40th birthday (November 1958) when she received yet another rejection notice. “With all the hours I spent writing, I was still not pulling my own weight financially.” Soon she discovered both that she could not give it up and that she had continued to work on fiction subconsciously.[13]
The family returned to New York City in 1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L’Engle first had the idea for her most famous novel, A Wrinkle in Time, which she completed by 1960. It was rejected more than thirty times before she handed it to John C. Farrar;[13] it was finally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1962.[12]
In 1960 the Franklins moved to an apartment on the Upper West Side, in the Cleburne Building on West End Avenue.[14] From 1960 to 1966 (and again in 1986, 1989 and 1990), L’Engle taught at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School in New York. In 1965 she became a volunteer librarian at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, also in New York. She later served for many years as writer-in-residence at the cathedral, generally spending her winters in New York and her summers at Crosswicks.[citation needed]
During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, L’Engle wrote dozens of books for children and adults. Four of the books for adults formed the Crosswicks Journals series of autobiographical memoirs. Of these, The Summer of the Great-grandmother (1974) discusses L’Engle’s personal experience caring for her aged mother, and Two-Part Invention (1988) is a memoir of her marriage, completed after her husband’s death from cancer on September 26, 1986.
On writing for children
Soon after winning the Newbery Medal for her 1962 “junior novel” A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle discussed children’s books in The New York Times Book Review.[15] The writer of a good children’s book, she observed, may need to return to the “intuitive understanding of his own childhood,” being childlike although not childish. She claimed, “It’s often possible to make demands of a child that couldn’t be made of an adult… A child will often understand scientific concepts that would baffle an adult. This is because he can understand with a leap of the imagination that is denied the grown-up who has acquired the little knowledge that is a dangerous thing.” Of philosophy, etc., as well as science, “the child will come to it with an open mind, whereas many adults come closed to an open book. This is one reason so many writers turn to fantasy (which children claim as their own) when they have something important and difficult to say.”[15]
Religious beliefs
L’Engle was a Christian who attended Episcopal churches and believed in universal salvation, writing that “All will be redeemed in God’s fullness of time, all, not just the small portion of the population who have been given the grace to know and accept Christ. All the strayed and stolen sheep. All the little lost ones.”[16] As a result of her promotion of Christian universalism, many fundamentalist Christian bookstores refused to carry her books, which were also frequently banned from evangelical Christian schools and libraries. At the same time, some of her most secular critics attacked her work for being too religious.[17]
Her views on divine punishment were similar to those of George MacDonald, who also had a large influence on her fictional work. She said “I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.”[18]
In 1982, L’Engle reflected on how suffering had taught her. She told how suffering a “lonely solitude” as a child taught her about the “world of the imagination” that enabled her to write for children. Later she suffered a “decade of failure” after her first books were published. It was a “bitter” experience, yet she wrote that she had “learned a lot of valuable lessons” that enabled her to persevere as a writer.[19]
Later years, death, and legacy
L’Engle was seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1991, but recovered well enough to visit Antarctica in 1992.[12] Her son, Bion Franklin, died on December 17, 1999, from the effects of prolonged alcoholism.[20] He was 47 years old.[21]
In her final years, L’Engle became unable to teach or travel due to reduced mobility from osteoporosis, especially after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage in 2002. She also abandoned her former schedule of speaking engagements and seminars. A few compilations of older work, some of it previously unpublished, appeared after 2001.
L’Engle died of natural causes at Rose Haven, a nursing facility close to her home in Litchfield, Connecticut, on September 6, 2007, according to a statement made by her publicist the following day.[22] She is interred in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.[23]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
A swiftly tilting planet DB49606
L’Engle, Madeleine. Reading time: 7 hours, 6 minutes.
Read by Madelyn Buzzard.
Science Fiction
Charles Wallace, the youngest of the Murry children, must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe. Sequel to A Wind in the Door (DB 41596). For grades 5-8. 1978
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Kate’s 2¢: “Acid Row” BY Minette Walters
“Acid Row” BY Minette Walters
I liked this story. Vanessa Maroney did a good job of narrating it for the listener.
I think this story shows how rumor and innuendo can run ramped and really turn deadly. Mix in the drugs, poverty, physical disabilities, and ill-literacy, not to mention the politicians who turn their backs on the down trodden… It is a powder keg ready to explode, which it did.
I’m delighted that big, black Jimmy James turned out to be the gentle giant and hero of the story (in my mind).
M
inette Walters was born in Bishop’s Stortford in1949 to Samuel Jebb and Colleen Jebb. As her father was a serving army officer, the first 10 years of her life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England. Her father died in 1960, following years of ill health from his desert service during World War II. Minette was educated through a generous Foundation Scholarship at the Godolphin School in Salisbury.
During a gap year between school and Durham University, 1968, Minette volunteered in Israel with The Bridge in Britain, working on a kibbutz and in a delinquent boys’ home in Jerusalem. She graduated from Trevelyan College, Durham in 1971 with a BA in French.
Minette met her husband Alec Walters while she was at Durham and they married in 1978. They have two sons: Roland, who is married to Charlotte, and Philip, who is married to Sarah: and three granddaughters: Madeleine, Martha and Hermione.
Minette Walters wiles away from the “cosy” confines of preconceived notions of what an English murder-mystery author should be, Minette Walters can be found, glass of wine in hand, explaining the finer details of plumbing in a larder sink…
Web bookmarks for Minette’s research can run the gamut from brain trauma to the anti-war campaign, paedophilia and racist propaganda…
And, along with husband Alec, she’s only too happy to engage in ‘full and frank’ conversations about any topic you care to name, punctuated at regular intervals by her infectious laugh…
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Acid Row DB57205
Walters, Minette. Reading time: 11 hours, 23 minutes.
Read by Vanessa Maroney.
Mystery and Detective Stories
Psychological Fiction
The residents of a bleak housing project in England riot when they discover a pedophile is living among them and a ten-year-old girl is missing. When young Dr. Sophie Morrison is taken hostage by the pedophile, black ex-con Jimmy James attempts a rescue. Violence and strong language. 2002.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Above” by Isla Morley
“Above” by Isla Morley
I liked this story. Carolyn Hossfeld did a good job of narrating this for the listener.
I think it takes a special type of person to be able to live so far underground in an abandoned missile silo. How terrifying for a 16-year-old girl to be forced to live for 17-years below ground. Then, however, to learn that her capturer really did do her a back-handed favor.
www. IslaMorley.com
Isla Morley grew up in South Africa during apartheid, the child of a British father and fourth-generation South African mother. During the country’s State of Emergency, she graduated from Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth with a degree in English Literature.
By 1994 she was one of the youngest magazine editors in South Africa, but left career, country and kin when she married an American and moved to California. For more than a decade she pursued a career in non-profit work, focusing on the needs of women and children.
Her debut novel, Come Sunday, won the Janet Heidinger Prize for fiction and was a finalist for the Commonwealth Prize. It has been translated into seven languages. Her novel, Above was an IndieNext Pick, a Best Buzz Book and a Publishers Weekly Best New Book. The Last Blue is her third novel.
She has lived in some of the most culturally diverse places of the world, including Johannesburg, London and Honolulu. Now in Los Angeles, she shares a home with her husband, daughter, three cats and five tortoises.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Above DBC06654
Morley, Isla. Reading time: 15 hours, 3 minutes.
Read by Carolyn Hossfeld.
Suspense Fiction
Science Fiction
Psychological Fiction
Abducted and locked in an abandoned missile silo by a mad survivalist, a Kansas teen endures loneliness and despair while struggling to raise a baby in isolation before escaping into a world more changed than she anticipated. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language and some violence.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Dead Romantics” by Ashley Poston
“The Dead Romantics” by Ashley Poston
What a wonderful story of a unique family and the things they tolerate. Eileen Stevens did a good job of reading this story for us.
You can’t beat the great ending.
Ashley Poston is the author of Geekerella, the first book in the Once Upon a Con series. Her fangirl heart has taken her everywhere from the houses of Hollywood screenwriters to the stages of music festivals to geeked-out conventions (in cosplay, of course). When she is not inventing new recipes with peanut butter, having passionate dance-offs with her cat, or geeking out all over the internet, she writes books. She lives in small-town South Carolina, where you can see the stars impossibly well.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
dead romantics DB108912
Poston, Ashley Reading time: 10 hours, 28 minutes.
Eileen Stevens
Humor
Supernatural and Horror Fiction
Romance
“Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem–after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It’s as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. For ten years, she’s run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can’t bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it. Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor’s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he’s just as confused about why he’s there as she is. Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Lightbringer: the Empirium trilogy, book 3” by Claire Legrand
“Lightbringer: the Empirium trilogy, book 3” by Claire Legrand
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying
I inadvertently down-loaded this book from BookShare and read most of it. I found the synthesozed speech rather hard to understand, especially with so many new-to-me names and the way the story jumped around. It is also a very long story.
Apparently, the series gets rave reviews, but I can’t say I enjoyed the synthesized speech version, until I changed the voice. Then, it was easier to understand.
Yes, there are female protagonists, but there is also an awful lot of fighting, blood, guts, and fantastic space battles. I’m not sure what teen girls would see in this story, but there are some gems of philosophy, such as:
–We don’t blame the descendants for what their ancestors did.
From www. Claire Legrand.com:
Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now she is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, most notably A Crown of Ivy and Glass and the Empirium Trilogy, as well as The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, the Edgar Award-nominated Some Kind of Happiness, and Sawkill Girls, which was nominated for both a Bram Stoker Award and a Lambda Literary Award. She is also one of the four authors behind The Cabinet of Curiosities, a critically acclaimed anthology of short stories for young readers. When not writing, Claire enjoys tending to her many plants, learning about fashion and interior design, rooting for the Phillies, and quoting Star Trek to anyone who will listen.
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Synopsis
The incredible conclusion to the Empirium Trilogy that started with the instant New York Times bestsellers Furyborn and Kingsbane! This series is perfect for those looking for books for teen girls and is also one of the best fantasy series for adults and teens!Two queens, separated by a thousand years must face their ultimate destinies.Queen Rielle, pushed away from everything she loves, turns to Corien and his promises of glory. Meanwhile, whispers from the empirium slowly drive her mad, urging her to open the Gate. Separated from Audric and Ludivine, she embraces the role of Blood Queen and her place by Corien’s side, determined to become the monster the world believes her to be.In the future, Eliana arrives in the Empire’s capital as a broken shell of herself. Betrayed and abandoned, she fights to keep her power at bay—and away from Corien, who will stop at nothing to travel back in time to Rielle, even if that means destroying her daughter.But when the mysterious Prophet reveals themselves at last, everything changes, giving Rielle and Eliana a second chance for salvation—or the destruction their world has been dreading.An epic fantasy with female protagonist, the Empirium Trilogy has captured the hearts of many and Lightbringer concludes this beloved teen fantasy series.Praise for Furyborn: A BuzzFeed Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 A Goodreads Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 A Bustle Most Anticipated Title of Spring 2018 “A must-read.” —Refinery29 “A series to watch.” —Paste magazine “Visionary.” —Bustle magazine “One of the biggest new YA fantasies.” —Entertainment Weekly “Empowering.” —BuzzFeed
Copyright:
2020
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Publisher Quality
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480 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781492656692
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9781492656708, 9781728231952
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Sourcebooks
Date of Addition:
08/20/21
Copyrighted By:
Claire Legrand
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Grade Levels:
Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:
14–18
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Lightbringer: the Empirium trilogy, book 3 DB101373
Legrand, Claire Reading time: 24 hours, 21 minutes.
Fiona Hardingham
Young Adult
Fantasy Fiction
Two queens, separated by centuries, finally face their destinies. Queen Rielle turns to Corien and is tempted to open the Gate. In the future, Queen Eliana struggles with the ultimate betrayal. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2020.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Darkest Hour” by Erin Hunter
“The Darkest Hour” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 6. The prophecy is that four will become two and Lion will fight Tiger. This time TigerClaw has invited outside cats to fight with him, but the outside cats have a different agenda. FireStar comes to realize there has always been five clans in the forest. There really is a lot of violence in this story…cat fights, blood, bones, and guts.
Patrick Downer has done a good job of reading this series.
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The darkest hour 6 DB67230
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 35 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Animals and Wildlife
Fantasy Fiction
Fireheart, now called Firestar, leads ThunderClan in the battle against the deadliest threat to ever appear in the forest. His enemy Tigerstar’s quest for power imperils every wildcat. The young warrior Firestar needs all his skills to save his friends and himself. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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“A Dangerous Path” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 5 in the series “Warrior Cats” by a group of writers under the name of Erin Hunter.
As BlueStar lies dying, she tells FireHeart that he is the fire that will save the clan, just as he devised a way to rid the forest of the pack of wild dogs.
Patrick Downer does a good job of reading this story for NLS.
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
A dangerous path 5 DB67198
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 30 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Animals and Wildlife
Fantasy Fiction
Fireheart’s old enemy Tigerclaw is back and more dangerous than ever as the new leader of ShadowClan. But other enemies, including a new force invading the forest, threaten all cats. Meanwhile Fireheart’s leader, Bluestar, has lost faith in the wildcats’ warrior ancestors. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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“Rising Storm” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 4 in the series. Have you ever heard a forest fire raging through thelandscape? It is loud and terrifying for people and so much more so for wild life.
The prophecy was that fire will save the clan, but is a forest fire what it meant?
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Rising storm 4 DB66941
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 29 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Fantasy Fiction
Animals and Wildlife
As summer blazes through the forest, Fireheart faces increasing dangers. Fireheart’s apprentice Cloudpaw runs away, banished enemy Tigerclaw might seek revenge, and clan leader Bluestar is demoralized. Meanwhile a deadly fire threatens ThunderClan. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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