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Warriors #4-6
Warriors Boxed Set
This boxed set includes:
"Rising Storm" (Warriors, #4)
"A Dangerous Path" (Warriors, #5)
"The Darkest Hour" (Warriors, #6)
"Rising Storm" (Warriors, #4)
"A Dangerous Path" (Warriors, #5)
"The Darkest Hour" (Warriors, #6)
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First published October 1, 2007
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About the author
Erin Hunter
274 books10.8k followersErin Hunter is the pseudonym of five people: Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Tui T. Sutherland, Gillian Philip, and Inbali Iserles, as well as editor Victoria Holmes. Together, they write the Warriors series as well as the Seekers and Survivors series. Erin Hunter is working on a new series now called Bravelands.
Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having a great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior, shaped by her interest in astronomy and standing stones.
Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having a great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior, shaped by her interest in astronomy and standing stones.
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May 1, 2021
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You will have the warmth of fire to protect your Clan and the fierceness of fire to defend it.
Erin Hunter's A Dangerous Path is easily the most emotional of her original Warriors series. It's also, at times, the most frustrating. A surprising number of events happen throughout the course of this novel and ultimately I found myself alternating between two feelings: annoyance and sadness. Truth be told, there were very few others.
Where We Left Off
A Dangerous Path begins right with the annoying, namely that the upperhand is gained quite easily by Tigerstar and Fireheart finds himself shocked into silence. I always found it odd the number of times that Fireheart made decisions of inaction, creating problems that would have been easily handled, at least a little bit, if he would just open his mouth. Then there were the moments of ridiculousness. Fireheart regularly let his emotions get the better of him, refusing to take into account his own biases.
Not to mention he's constantly distracted.
This was all especially frustrating as he was already experiencing such unreasonable antics from his own leader, Bluestar. Letting the trauma of Tigerclaw's betrayal lead her ability to recognize loyalty in her clan, Bluestar regularly made deeply problematic decisions. It's bad enough when you have one cat doing it, but two? While Fireheart's decisions were certainly far more reasonable, he still acted incredibly stupid too often.
But Feels
It's not all bad, though. Despite the moments of annoyance, A Dangerous Path really gets you in the feels. Even the frustrating moments are thoroughly emotional. It's easy to become thoroughly invested in the story, attached to the lives of these characters. Already, the fire that devastated the camp has resulted in the loss of beloved clan members. But, at the same time, at least Greystripe is back now.
All these emotional moments almost give you whiplash.
Meanwhile all these different things are happening, many centered around this dark cloud of the pack looming over the ThunderClan cats. Readers are given insight into what this pack is very early on in the story, knowing that it will eventually have an averse affect on the clan as a whole. But the truth behind what will happen doesn't reveal itself until a group of apprentices, angry about being passed over by Bluestar, set out to prove themselves.
It's depressing to realize how Bluestar's own failing confidence in her clan's loyalty is a detriment to the fiercely loyal cats around her. But it is this that makes the end of this book as powerful as it was.
StarClan
A Dangerous Path is the set up for the final novel in this arc of the Warriors series. It's the big emotional moment before the hero must go on to face the darkness awaiting him. And I think Hunter does a decent job of setting this up. Of course, it's a trend you've seen before. There's always that penultimate novel, the one with the sacrifice you knew was coming. It builds everything to a crescendo, readying you for the final fight.
I've compared this series to Harry Potter in the past and, ironically, I think the comparison still stands here. Perhaps even more so than it did before.
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You will have the warmth of fire to protect your Clan and the fierceness of fire to defend it.
Erin Hunter's A Dangerous Path is easily the most emotional of her original Warriors series. It's also, at times, the most frustrating. A surprising number of events happen throughout the course of this novel and ultimately I found myself alternating between two feelings: annoyance and sadness. Truth be told, there were very few others.
Where We Left Off
A Dangerous Path begins right with the annoying, namely that the upperhand is gained quite easily by Tigerstar and Fireheart finds himself shocked into silence. I always found it odd the number of times that Fireheart made decisions of inaction, creating problems that would have been easily handled, at least a little bit, if he would just open his mouth. Then there were the moments of ridiculousness. Fireheart regularly let his emotions get the better of him, refusing to take into account his own biases.
Not to mention he's constantly distracted.
This was all especially frustrating as he was already experiencing such unreasonable antics from his own leader, Bluestar. Letting the trauma of Tigerclaw's betrayal lead her ability to recognize loyalty in her clan, Bluestar regularly made deeply problematic decisions. It's bad enough when you have one cat doing it, but two? While Fireheart's decisions were certainly far more reasonable, he still acted incredibly stupid too often.
But Feels
It's not all bad, though. Despite the moments of annoyance, A Dangerous Path really gets you in the feels. Even the frustrating moments are thoroughly emotional. It's easy to become thoroughly invested in the story, attached to the lives of these characters. Already, the fire that devastated the camp has resulted in the loss of beloved clan members. But, at the same time, at least Greystripe is back now.
All these emotional moments almost give you whiplash.
Meanwhile all these different things are happening, many centered around this dark cloud of the pack looming over the ThunderClan cats. Readers are given insight into what this pack is very early on in the story, knowing that it will eventually have an averse affect on the clan as a whole. But the truth behind what will happen doesn't reveal itself until a group of apprentices, angry about being passed over by Bluestar, set out to prove themselves.
It's depressing to realize how Bluestar's own failing confidence in her clan's loyalty is a detriment to the fiercely loyal cats around her. But it is this that makes the end of this book as powerful as it was.
StarClan
A Dangerous Path is the set up for the final novel in this arc of the Warriors series. It's the big emotional moment before the hero must go on to face the darkness awaiting him. And I think Hunter does a decent job of setting this up. Of course, it's a trend you've seen before. There's always that penultimate novel, the one with the sacrifice you knew was coming. It builds everything to a crescendo, readying you for the final fight.
I've compared this series to Harry Potter in the past and, ironically, I think the comparison still stands here. Perhaps even more so than it did before.
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September 3, 2024
Quick and easy read. Lots of small mistakes throughout the series, but that is to expect with quick releases. I read these books in Norwegian, so I suppose there were even more mistakes than in the original language. Definitively childrens books, but engaging enough for a grownup as well. Plowed through the whole series in a couple of months.
November 29, 2012
When Firestar is leader, Thunderclan is suprised to fint dead rabbits on the path leading into there camp. Tigerstar, leader of Shadowclan has made led the dogs into there camp! Scourage, leader of Bloodclan had a allince with Tigerstar. When Tigerstar wants a battle but Scourage says no, Tigerstar is killed by Scourage in one swipe, all his nine lives are taken away at once. Then, when Firestar says to leave the forest, Scourage says no and the battle starts. All of the Forest clans are fighting against the small but very powerful bloodclan. Firestar loses his first life, and the forest clans win because of belief in starclan.
I love this book because I love the interaction with bloodclan, as I have never seen that before in the first 6 books. It was very detailed and I think other kids would like it because of the descriprive words and fun events.
I love this book because I love the interaction with bloodclan, as I have never seen that before in the first 6 books. It was very detailed and I think other kids would like it because of the descriprive words and fun events.
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May 5, 2018the 4th book is okay but the 6th is my favorite. the 5th doesn't really have a storyline. when it tells how Firestar got his nine lives, so cool. so I made a roleplay comment below if you wanna join.
please please please join. please?
please please please join. please?
July 1, 2008
WANT IT!!
April 7, 2012
A nice, unique story for kids that i really used to love
December 22, 2013
Actually a set of books.
January 8, 2019
It was amazing
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September 28, 2010
they were all good
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January 15, 2011good
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