Bramblestar's Storm

“StarClan knew you would be a good leader in your own right. That’s why they led your paws along this path. Firestar didn’t appoint you to be his echo, but to be yourself. He trusted you to protect ThunderClan, to make decisions for them based on your own judgment and instincts […] You are the leader of ThunderClan now, Bramblestar. Not Firestar. Be the leader that you want to be. No cat expects anything else.”

— Sandstorm to Bramblestar in Bramblestar's Storm, page 444

Bramblestar's Storm
General
Author:	Cherith Baldry, Dan Jolley
Cover artist:	James Barry (illustrator)
Details
Publish date:	August 26, 2014
Identification:	ISBN 9780062291431
Editions:	Hardcover
Summary
The Dark Forest has been defeated, and Bramblestar is now leader of ThunderClan. But the warrior cats must now weather a new kind of storm—or all four Clans will be swept away.
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Chronology
Preceded by:	Dovewing's Silence

Bramblestar's Storm is the seventh book in the Super Edition arc.

Dedication

To Akbar: Be brave and live the dream, and become the artist you always wanted to be.

Special thanks to Cherith Baldry

The Bookjacket

The Blurb

When water and blood meet, blood will rise......

A new Clan leader will be tested.

In the aftermath of the great battle, tensions between the four warrior Clans are running high. Allies have fallen. Loyalties have been challenged. And a new leader has risen to take Firestar's place.

Any cat would find it difficult to follow in Firestar's paw steps, and Bramblestar is already being put to the test. Cats are wounded, prey is scarce, and ThunderClan's strength is not what it once was. If the Clan is to survive, Bramblestar must find his footing quickly—for a new threat looms on the horizon. A storm is brewing . . . a storm the likes of which the warrior cats have never seen, and may not survive.

The Praise

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Detailed Plot Summary

Firestar is hunting in StarClan. He smells a squirrel that has swarmed up a near by oak tree. He thinks that it has been a long time since he tested his tree-climbing skills. He reflects with amusement at how Lionblaze had hated it at first, while Cinderheart seemed ready to  sleep in a bird's nest once she learned how.  Bluestar comes to see him and askes him to walk with her. She adds that she'll happily leave tree-hunting to others. Then she asks if he's walked in Bramblestar's dreams yet. He replies no, and that he trusts Bramblestar. Firestar and Bluestar reflect on the hard moons after the defeat of the Dark Forest, including the greencough in ThunderClan. They also talk about ShadowClan having more elders than warriors, and WindClan losing many good hunters. Firestar feels frustrated , thinking he left his Clan when they needed him most. Bluster asks him if he could have healed the cats wounds faster, or if he could have cured the green-cough. He gave them nine good lives and that his Clan could ask for no more. Firestar later meets Cloudstar and purrs, thinking of his journey to rebuild SkyClan. They talk, and Firestar is angry that he could not save his Clanmates from the greencough, as Cloudstar states that he couldn't have stopped it. Then Cloudstar gives Firestar a Prophecy : When water and blood meet, blood will rise.

Bramblestar is thinking about The Great Battle when Berrynose invites him on a border patrol with Spiderleg and his apprentice, Amberpaw. Bramblestar goes to see Leafpool, who is busy sorting herbs. Amberpaw walks into a stream and is confronted by WindClan cats who say that they are trespassing in their stream Bramblestar leads away his cats after discussing life with the WindClan cats. Berrynose states that ThunderClan has lost many she-cats and that none of the survivors were expecting kits. Bramblestar sees a branch with claw marks propped up by Jayfeather, with marks for all the cats who died in the Great Battle. Dewpaw was reciting all the names of the cats. When she gets to Firestar, Bramblestar is sad that he died. He asks Jayfeather if Firestar has walked in his dreams. He says no, but that's a good omen itself, and that he has had enough warnings to last him a lifetime. Bramblestar watches Ivypool take Snowpaw and Dewpaw for battle training.

More coming soon

Trivia

• Vicky originally announced the title for this book during her 2013 tour of the US before revealing it on her Facebook page.
• Vicky has said on her Facebook page that this book takes place six moons after The Last Hope.
• Due to a mistake at the end (In which Graystripe says that his daughter is Mistystar), Vicky has said that this book will be reprinted, with the original non-edited book becoming a collectors' edition.

See Also

• Allegiances
• Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
• Character List
• Book Cover Gallery
• HarperCollins Browse Inside

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