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Written by Vicky Holmes for a tour, a play entitled ''After'' Sunset'': We Need to Talk'' was first premiered on [[April 28]], [[2007]] at the Secret Garden bookstore in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]]. It details a meeting between Leafpool of ThunderClan and Crowfeather of WindClan after the events of ''Sunset''. The script was released to the public at the official site for the ''Warriors'' series.<ref name="Warriors">{{cite web | url=http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html | title= Warriors | work= www.warriorcats.com}}</ref> |
Written by Vicky Holmes for a tour, a play entitled ''After'' Sunset'': We Need to Talk'' was first premiered on [[April 28]], [[2007]] at the Secret Garden bookstore in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]]. It details a meeting between Leafpool of ThunderClan and Crowfeather of WindClan after the events of ''Sunset''. The script was released to the public at the official site for the ''Warriors'' series.<ref name="Warriors">{{cite web | url=http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html | title= Warriors | work= www.warriorcats.com}}</ref> |
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| Author | Erin Hunter |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's, Fantasy, Animals |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | England |
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Warriors is a series of fantasy novels written by Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, with their editor Victoria Holmes, under the pen name Erin Hunter, that follows the adventures of various wild cats as they try to survive in their forest homes. The series is divided up into three miniseries with six books in each series. The first of these miniseries, usually referred to as the Original Warriors, was published in 2003, beginning with the book Into the Wild. The second series was written under the title Warriors: The New Prophecy and published in 2005. The first book was called Midnight. The first book of the third series Warriors: The Power of Three, The Sight, was added to shelves on April 24, 2007.
Warriors books
Warriors
The first series follows the adventures of Rusty, a young house cat, who is taken into ThunderClan as an apprentice with the new name Firepaw, because his pelt is the color of fire in the sun. As the series progresses, Firepaw becomes a warrior and receives yet another new name, Fireheart. Being a warrior, Fireheart learns the true meaning of loyalty, belonging, and friendship. He will call upon an unknown inner strength, and witness heartbreaking experiences, along with heart-pounding battles and adventures across the lands of the four warrior Clans. This series centers around the prophecy "Fire alone can save our clan."
- Book 1: Into the Wild
- Book 2: Fire and Ice
- Book 3: Forest of Secrets
- Book 4: Rising Storm
- Book 5: A Dangerous Path
- Book 6: The Darkest Hour
Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series is centered around seven cats from all four different Clans: the ThunderClan representative Brambleclaw (formerly known as Bramblepaw), the ShadowClan representative Tawnypelt, the WindClan representative Crowpaw, the RiverClan representative Feathertail, Feathertail's brother Stormfur, the ThunderClan cat Squirrelflight, and her sister, Leafpool. As the series progresses, six of the cats find a new home for their Clans and guide them there. It also follows Leafpaw's life as a medicine cat apprentice. It takes place roughly one year after The Darkest Hour. It takes a while to get caught up on that one year, and the main character is no longer Firestar, like in the original series, but told by the 3rd person viewpoint of Brambleclaw (Midnight, Starlight, Sunset), Squirrelpaw/Squirrelflight (Dawn, Twilight), Leafpaw/Leafpool (all), Feathertail (Moonrise), and Stormfur (Moonrise) .
Warriors: Power of Three
The third series follows three young cats named Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw. They are the grandchildren of both Firestar and Tigerstar, and children of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw. The Sight takes place roughly six months after Sunset, and is the series centers around the prophecy: There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.
- Book 1: The Sight
- Book 2: Dark River
- Book 3: Outcast
- Book 4: Eclipse
- Book 5: Long Shadows
Warriors: Super Edition
- Firestar's Quest[1]
This larger than normal size book was released on August 21st, 2007. It covers the year between The Darkest Hour and Midnight, and answers many questions as to what happened in between books, such as Longtail's blindness and Willowpelt's death. The plot surrounds Firestar and Sandstorm who leave on a quest after Firestar receives messages from an ancient fifth Clan. This Clan, named SkyClan, were forced out of the forest by the other four clans when the humans built their houses over their camp. Firestar and Sandstorm then begin to restore SkyClan, as its ancient leader called Firestar to do.
Three other books are to be released under the Super Edition name. The first will center around the life of former ThunderClan leader Bluestar before Firestar's arrival to the forest, the second will feature the early days of the Clans, and the third will feature the modern-day SkyClan. It has been revealed through the fourth Wands and Worlds Erin Hunter chat that the Bluestar Super Edition will be released on August 2009 and the SkyClan Super Edition in 2010. [2] Release date for the second book is as of yet unknown.
Warriors: Field Guides
- Secrets of the Clans - This book gives more details about the Clans never written down in the books. It lets you tour through the clan camps, learn about the medicine cats and leaders of the past, and even gives you a close up on major events that occurred in the books.[3]
- Cats of the Clans - Expected release on 24 June 2008[4]
- Code of the Clans
Warriors manga
Warriors
There is a three volume manga series based on what happened to Graystripe between the time that he was taken by Twolegs in Dawn until he returned to ThunderClan in The Sight.
- Book 1: The Lost Warrior
- Book 2: Warrior's Refuge
- Book 3: Warrior's Return - Expected release on April 22, 2008[5]
Warriors: The Rise of Scourge
- The Rise of Scourge - Expected release on June 24, 2008[6]
As revealed by Vicky Holmes during her October 2007 tour of the United States, one of the future manga will focus on the BloodClan leader Scourge. The title was confirmed on the Library of Congress website.[7]
Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha
- Book 1: Into the Woods
There will also be a trilogy about Tigerstar and Sasha. [8]
Warriors play
we need to talk Written by Vicky Holmes for a tour, a play entitled After Sunset: We Need to Talk was first premiered on April 28, 2007 at the Secret Garden bookstore in Seattle, Washington. It details a meeting between Leafpool of ThunderClan and Crowfeather of WindClan after the events of Sunset. The script was released to the public at the official site for the Warriors series.[9]
Warriors movie
There are currently no planned Warriors movies or plans to make any, despite common rumors that have spread across the Warriors community.
As her answer to the main question of a movie possibility, Victoria Holmes replied:
Okay, this is a really important issue to clear up. I'm sorry to say that there are NO plans for a Warriors movie, even though we have had lots and lots of discussions with major film companies about this. This isn't to say that there will NEVER be a Warriors movie, but please don't get your hopes up! The reason for this is that the animated movies around at the moment tend to be larger-than-life, laugh-out-loud family films that adults can laugh at as well as kids - think Shrek or Cars. A Warriors movie would be much more serious, dealing with big issues like death and loyalty, which doesn't translate well to conventional animation just now. It might fit with a manga-style approach, but there isn't a mainstream market for this in the film world just yet. So we'll have to keep our fingers crossed![10]
Warriors references
- ^ "Warriors Super Edition: Firestar's Quest (Warriors)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ "Wands and Worlds Author Chat". Wandsandworlds.com. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "Warriors Field Guide: Secrets of the Clans (Warriors)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ "Warriors: Cats of the Clans (Warriors)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ "Warriors: Warrior's Return (Warriors)". Amazon.com.
- ^ "Warriors: The Rise of Scourge (Warriors)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ "The Library of Congress' entry on The Rise of Scourge". The Library of Congress.
- ^ "Wands and Worlds Author Chat". Wandsandworlds.com. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "Warriors". www.warriorcats.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Second Chatwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Warriors links
- Warriors The official Warriors website.
- Guttersnipe Author Kate Cary's website.
- Warriors Wiki The Warriors Wiki.