Omen of the Stars

Lore & Background

In The Fourth Apprentice a drought grips the lake; the new apprentice Dovepaw senses beavers damming the stream far away, and a patrol drawn from all four Clans destroys the dam. In Fading Echoes, Hawkfrost's spirit trains her sister Ivypaw in her dreams, a false dream leads ThunderClan to attack ShadowClan, and Lionblaze accidentally kills the ShadowClan deputy Russetfur. In Night Whispers, Ivypaw learns the truth and agrees to spy on the Dark Forest, and the ShadowClan medicine cat apprentice Flametail drowns under the ice of the lake.

In Sign of the Moon, Jayfeather travels to the Tribe of Rushing Water, walks in the past as Jay's Wing and names the Tribe's first and newest Stonetellers. In The Forgotten Warrior, Sol returns and stirs WindClan to attack through the tunnels, and Hollyleaf, long thought dead, comes home to ThunderClan. In The Last Hope the Dark Forest attacks; Firestar, revealed as the fourth cat of the prophecy, kills Tigerstar's spirit and dies, and Brambleclaw becomes leader of ThunderClan.

Reader's Guide

Books in order: The Fourth Apprentice, Fading Echoes, Night Whispers, Sign of the Moon, The Forgotten Warrior, The Last Hope. Protagonists: Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Dovewing, with Ivypool as the spy in the Dark Forest. Arc before: Power of Three. Arc after: Dawn of the Clans, a prequel; the story of the lake Clans continues in A Vision of Shadows. Themes named for the arc: forbidden love and the effect of being different on relationships.