Warrior Cats : Into The Wild by Erin Hunter

Fire alone will save the clan

ThunderClan is in danger….

With WindClan being driven out by the treacherous ShadowClan and RiverClan giving hunting rights to ShadowClan in their river, Bluestar, leader of ThunderClan and the rest of her Clan stand alone against the impending attack of ShadowClan. Indifferent to the hostility emanating from the four Clans, Rusty the house cat dreams of living wild, free of his collar and his housefolk (owners) only to be woken up by the rattling of food in his bowl.

The next day, Rusty decides to do what no other house cat has ever done before- venture into the forest. While he creeps up upon a mouse, a grey kitten attacks him. After tussling for a while, the mysterious kitten introduces himself as Greypaw, who was an apprentice for ThunderClan, out on his very first night out as an apprentice. Suddenly, the leader of ThunderClan leaps out of the bushes with one of ThunderClan’s most senior warriors, Lionheart. They had been watching Rusty fight with Greypaw, and were impressed since a cat of the forest would have beaten up any ordinary housecat, but Rusty managed to hold his own.

 Bluestar and Lionheart agreed to let Rusty join ThunderClan and become an apprentice with Greypaw. Rusty agrees to join and Lionheart meets him near to his home the next day to take him to the camp.

Just after Rusty arrives, a young apprentice runs wildly into the camp, claiming the Clan’s deputy, Redtail, to be dead. Lionheart is appointed by Bluestar to take up Redtail’s old post of the Clan’s deputy.

Rusty becomes Firepaw, Bluestar’s apprentice. Greypaw ensures Firepaw that becoming their leader’s apprentice is a great honour and he must not take any notice of some of the cats in the Clan, such as Longtail, who call him a “kittypet’ (a housecat.

Greypaw’s and Firepaw’s training goes well, and they are chosed to accompany Bluestar to the sacred Moonstone to share dreams with StarClan (depicted as the stars by cats who have died in a Clan), taking Firepaw, Greypaw, Tigerclaw, and Ravenpaw(another apprentice and a friend of Firepaw and Greypaw) with them.

Thereafter, many events take place, and also flowing with the changes happening around them, Firepaw and Greystripe are given their full warrior status and become Fireheart and Greystripe.  

But all is not well in the clan…… Fireheart has a lingering suspicion is that one of the senior warriors of his clan, Tigerclaw, is not as loyal as he seems……..

           

This book leaves a lasting impression of loyalty, faith and most importantly, the urge to believe that persistent gut feeling that is mostly ignored, but more than often, turns out to have been the right decision or choice at that point of time.

If you like the storyline so far but are reluctant to buy the book, full versions of selected titles of this series are available in pdf format on www.freebookspot.com  

This is one of those series that will remain one of my favorites for a long time, until some other author decides to write a book that I agree with.