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Warriors: Power of Three #1-6
Warrior Cats. Die Macht der drei. Staffel 3 Bände 1-6: Staffel III, Bände 1-6
This unbeatable box set, which contains all six books in the Power of Three arc, is the ideal gift for those who can't get enough Warriors--and for those who can't wait to get their paws on them for the first time.
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First published October 6, 2009
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Erin Hunter
279 books10.9k 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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June 1, 2024
i love hollyleaf
November 2, 2024
this is what got me into warrior cats as a kid!!! i didnt commit at the time but im so glad i came back & got to power of three w context!!! LOVE the characters... still dont rlly know what the plotline was but jayfeather makes up for it by being the second best protag after firestar like 100% this was so fun to read
May 28, 2020
Introduces the greatest Warriors character ever, Jayfeather. Jayfeather is more interesting than all the other characters combined. I stan Jayfeather
Otherwise starts to get bogged down in the ludicrously large cast these books have.
Otherwise starts to get bogged down in the ludicrously large cast these books have.
January 20, 2017
This series was great. Each book had a very interesting ending, which made me want to read the next book! Now I need to read Omen of the Stars!
September 2, 2025
I had so much fun re-reading this series. I haven't read it since I was a kid and I forgot quite a bit of what happened in this. It was so much fun to start remembering some things as I read it though and go "oh my god, right!!". This was also always one of my favorite series from Warriors, so apparently I've always been a sucker for multiple POVs in a story. These books have a lot of action in them and we see so much character development as well because we follow the main characters from being kittens to growing into warriors. There are also some very great action scenes in these books, and there are so many questions that get answered and also so many questions we're left with. Which I also kind of love personally. However, after all these years I'm only just finding out that there was a second series to follow this one!! I remember thinking that the series didn't feel concluded and now I know why lmao. So I guess I'll be reading more of these books now!
July 10, 2022
This series started off really good and there's some really good parts in them, but there are books that I just don't understand the meandering of the plot. I still think Power of Three is one of my favorite Warrior Cats book series. It's interesting to have the point of view from cats who aren't sure what the future is and definitely make mistakes along the way. I have very fond memories of it and the three are some of my favorite characters in the warriors series. This series starts off with the stereotypical kits that can't wait to be apprenticed to warriors who now have a destiny that are beyond their reach. By the end of the books, we still don't know what the prophecy exactly means, but things have changed drastically. In previous books there are interpersonal relationships between clan lines and now in this book it focuses on certain cats relationships with one another and how that changes. I don't exactly mind that (I mean the three are my favorite for a reason), but I do miss having other clans to look into.
The Sight - 5 stars
Dark River - 5 stars
Outcast - 4 stars
Eclipse - 2 stars
Long Shadows - 4 stars
Sunrise - 3 stars
The Sight
It's interesting to have the point of view from cats who aren't sure what the future is and definitely make mistakes along the way. For example, Hollypaw tries to be a medicine cat and later realizes that isn't the role she wants to pursue or the fact that Jaypaw was put into the role of medicine cat. Even though he doesn't want to be a medicine cat.
On the other hand, Lionpaw doesn't really have much to do in this book. The only thing you can say he did was fight some battles and then get injured by falling into an old badgers den with Breezepaw. He's one of the final three in later books and it just doesn't seem they thought about what powers he would have too much. All his power even is that he can fight well, which isn't that impressive to me. There are loads of Warriors who could fulfill that kind of role.
Dark River
I really enjoyed rereading the lore about the lake territory and how the mountain cats used to live there themselves. I think these books really shine when it comes to new areas, but not so much when you have to travel there. Which is why this is the best of that. No traveling, but a new setting.
I also think that all the main characters are starting to get the hang of their lives as apprentices especially Jaypaw because he seems to have more growth even though he spent most of his time at camp. On the other hand, hollypaw and lionpaw learn some important lessons along the way. I feel like each of the three had an equal amount of time spent with them learning along the way. One of the biggest relationships in this book were between Lionpaw and Heatherpaw. At the end of the book, Lionpaw trades that relationship for training in the dark forest with Tigerstar. This is our first look at the dark forest for the series and it's interesting to see how that changes over time. While Lionpaw didn't have much of a role in the first book, I think he really shines as a character here.
Outcast
It's no secret that I really don't enjoy some of the travel books and this one is a perfect example of that. I really don't like when characters travel to new areas and focus on how weird the new cats/people are and then try to impose their own ideals on them. The Tribe is it's own group of cats and I don't see why they had to force their clan ideals on them just because they're struggling a little. This book does answer why Stormfur and Brook came to Thunderclan in The New Prophecy, so if you're curious about that then I guess you can read it. At the end of the book, Jaypaw decides to tell Lionpaw and Hollypaw about the prophecy.
Eclipse
A lot of this book deals with the rising conflict of Thunderclan and Windclan and ends with the Eclipse happening. (Sol having predicted it and taking up residence with Shadowclan) Lionpaw, Cinderpaw and Hollypaw all get their warrior names at the end of the book. There's also briefly a scare that Cinderpaw is injured and now that she's reincarnated she's just going to be a medicine cat again, but Jaypaw manages to heal her.
I personally didn't find it that entertaining to read just because a lot of the book focuses on those plot lines. I feel like there are better ways to rise conflict, while also introducing the eclipse plot line and cats loosing faith in starclan. The eclipse was the most interesting part of the book and it was just gone as quickly as it happened. I also found the fact that all four clans were fighting on Thunderclan territory and the last time they all fought was when the prophecies began.
Long Shadows
The events in this book: the three fake a sign from starclan and blackstar kicks Sol out from Shadowclan. There's a green cough epidemic and Firestar looses a life. Jay feather goes to the past as Jays Wing and convinces the ancient tribe cats to go to the mountains. Lionblaze finally sneaks into windclan territory, has a confrontation with Heathertail, and brings back cat mint to cure the green cough. There's a fire and the three discover their parents aren't who they think they are and Ashfur is going to expose that secret at the next gathering, but Ashfur is murdered.
There's a lot of events in this book and some of them are pretty good, but I found others very frustrating.
I don't understand why they introduced Sol at all if they're just going to write him out of the series, as far as I know he doesn't appear again. I also understand why Lionblaze is hesitant to go get the cat mint, but I really figured somebody else would die due to his inaction. Just killing Firestar is no big deal since at this point he has more lives. It's very anticlimactic. I didn't really mind Jayfeather going to the past, but that wasn't what I was expecting he was going to do at that moment. I really thought he was going to take things into his own paws and do something about the epidemic since Lionblaze wasn't doing anything. For example, one of the tribe cats could have told him another way to cure green cough? Also the fact that we're then told that Jays Wing disappeared at the start of the journey, where did Jays Wing go?? We're never told what happens to him, just that the tribe goes to the mountains as expected.
That being said, the rest of the book is pretty good. I've always loved the fire scene and reveals towards the end of the book. While I don't like it, I can understand why the three are so mad with Squirrelflight. It's very in character for them because they just want to understand who their parents really are and she just won't tell them.
Sunrise
o much of this book is spent trying to find Sol and learning the secrets behind the three's birth. At the end of the book all of the secrets are revealed: Leafpool and Crowfeather are the three's real birth parents and Hollyleaf murdered Ashfur. Hollyleaf can't take the truth, tells all the clans the truth, and disappears in the tunnels.
The best part of this book is just the ending. I feel like so much time is wasted on Sol and what he's planning. When in the end, it doesn't matter what Sol was planning at all. As far as I know and what the wiki says, Sol never comes back in any major way. It just feels like a waste of time. It makes me think of how Mudclaw was just tacked on as a villain just for the sake of the climax in The New Prophecy. I would understand if Sol came back, but he doesn't.
The Sight - 5 stars
Dark River - 5 stars
Outcast - 4 stars
Eclipse - 2 stars
Long Shadows - 4 stars
Sunrise - 3 stars
The Sight
It's interesting to have the point of view from cats who aren't sure what the future is and definitely make mistakes along the way. For example, Hollypaw tries to be a medicine cat and later realizes that isn't the role she wants to pursue or the fact that Jaypaw was put into the role of medicine cat. Even though he doesn't want to be a medicine cat.
On the other hand, Lionpaw doesn't really have much to do in this book. The only thing you can say he did was fight some battles and then get injured by falling into an old badgers den with Breezepaw. He's one of the final three in later books and it just doesn't seem they thought about what powers he would have too much. All his power even is that he can fight well, which isn't that impressive to me. There are loads of Warriors who could fulfill that kind of role.
Dark River
I really enjoyed rereading the lore about the lake territory and how the mountain cats used to live there themselves. I think these books really shine when it comes to new areas, but not so much when you have to travel there. Which is why this is the best of that. No traveling, but a new setting.
I also think that all the main characters are starting to get the hang of their lives as apprentices especially Jaypaw because he seems to have more growth even though he spent most of his time at camp. On the other hand, hollypaw and lionpaw learn some important lessons along the way. I feel like each of the three had an equal amount of time spent with them learning along the way. One of the biggest relationships in this book were between Lionpaw and Heatherpaw. At the end of the book, Lionpaw trades that relationship for training in the dark forest with Tigerstar. This is our first look at the dark forest for the series and it's interesting to see how that changes over time. While Lionpaw didn't have much of a role in the first book, I think he really shines as a character here.
Outcast
It's no secret that I really don't enjoy some of the travel books and this one is a perfect example of that. I really don't like when characters travel to new areas and focus on how weird the new cats/people are and then try to impose their own ideals on them. The Tribe is it's own group of cats and I don't see why they had to force their clan ideals on them just because they're struggling a little. This book does answer why Stormfur and Brook came to Thunderclan in The New Prophecy, so if you're curious about that then I guess you can read it. At the end of the book, Jaypaw decides to tell Lionpaw and Hollypaw about the prophecy.
Eclipse
A lot of this book deals with the rising conflict of Thunderclan and Windclan and ends with the Eclipse happening. (Sol having predicted it and taking up residence with Shadowclan) Lionpaw, Cinderpaw and Hollypaw all get their warrior names at the end of the book. There's also briefly a scare that Cinderpaw is injured and now that she's reincarnated she's just going to be a medicine cat again, but Jaypaw manages to heal her.
I personally didn't find it that entertaining to read just because a lot of the book focuses on those plot lines. I feel like there are better ways to rise conflict, while also introducing the eclipse plot line and cats loosing faith in starclan. The eclipse was the most interesting part of the book and it was just gone as quickly as it happened. I also found the fact that all four clans were fighting on Thunderclan territory and the last time they all fought was when the prophecies began.
Long Shadows
The events in this book: the three fake a sign from starclan and blackstar kicks Sol out from Shadowclan. There's a green cough epidemic and Firestar looses a life. Jay feather goes to the past as Jays Wing and convinces the ancient tribe cats to go to the mountains. Lionblaze finally sneaks into windclan territory, has a confrontation with Heathertail, and brings back cat mint to cure the green cough. There's a fire and the three discover their parents aren't who they think they are and Ashfur is going to expose that secret at the next gathering, but Ashfur is murdered.
There's a lot of events in this book and some of them are pretty good, but I found others very frustrating.
I don't understand why they introduced Sol at all if they're just going to write him out of the series, as far as I know he doesn't appear again. I also understand why Lionblaze is hesitant to go get the cat mint, but I really figured somebody else would die due to his inaction. Just killing Firestar is no big deal since at this point he has more lives. It's very anticlimactic. I didn't really mind Jayfeather going to the past, but that wasn't what I was expecting he was going to do at that moment. I really thought he was going to take things into his own paws and do something about the epidemic since Lionblaze wasn't doing anything. For example, one of the tribe cats could have told him another way to cure green cough? Also the fact that we're then told that Jays Wing disappeared at the start of the journey, where did Jays Wing go?? We're never told what happens to him, just that the tribe goes to the mountains as expected.
That being said, the rest of the book is pretty good. I've always loved the fire scene and reveals towards the end of the book. While I don't like it, I can understand why the three are so mad with Squirrelflight. It's very in character for them because they just want to understand who their parents really are and she just won't tell them.
Sunrise
o much of this book is spent trying to find Sol and learning the secrets behind the three's birth. At the end of the book all of the secrets are revealed: Leafpool and Crowfeather are the three's real birth parents and Hollyleaf murdered Ashfur. Hollyleaf can't take the truth, tells all the clans the truth, and disappears in the tunnels.
The best part of this book is just the ending. I feel like so much time is wasted on Sol and what he's planning. When in the end, it doesn't matter what Sol was planning at all. As far as I know and what the wiki says, Sol never comes back in any major way. It just feels like a waste of time. It makes me think of how Mudclaw was just tacked on as a villain just for the sake of the climax in The New Prophecy. I would understand if Sol came back, but he doesn't.
February 4, 2016
New Characters + Old Characters = So much tension that it is both unnerving yet appealing. (◕ᴗ◕✿)
January 20, 2019
When I was younger, this was my favourite series, though looking back now, it doesn't seem as appealing anymore. There's no doubt the series had great, exciting moments and shocking plot-twists, which still make it an overall good series, but a lot of the major plot felt forced and not like it belonged into "Warriors". It also had a lot of very boring scenes that could've been written differently to make them stand out from the crowd or at least enjoyable to read.
Sunrise ended up being my favourite of the series, as the tension during the whole book with the big plot twist was overall a lot of fun to read.
Sunrise ended up being my favourite of the series, as the tension during the whole book with the big plot twist was overall a lot of fun to read.
Thus, this series gets a 3/5 rating. I've seen worse, though that doesn't make it the best series in "Warriors".
December 29, 2024
This is my alltime favourite series after the first one, the characters are iconic, and all the apprentices have such thought out and fun dynamics with eachother.
The supernatural aspects are also so ridiculous that they work, and Sol is such a fun antagonist because he is right, but you’ll never hear the series admitting that.
The story kind of gets stale and trails off at some point, but the books have enough fun charcater moments to keep you around, even if it takes a whole other series to finish the narrative.
If you’re a fan of this series already its genuinely worth a read, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze will always be some of my favourite characters, along with the other apprentices from this series.
The supernatural aspects are also so ridiculous that they work, and Sol is such a fun antagonist because he is right, but you’ll never hear the series admitting that.
The story kind of gets stale and trails off at some point, but the books have enough fun charcater moments to keep you around, even if it takes a whole other series to finish the narrative.
If you’re a fan of this series already its genuinely worth a read, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze will always be some of my favourite characters, along with the other apprentices from this series.
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December 31, 2019MEME, DO YOU KNOW WHAT BOOK SERIES MIGHT BE A NICE GIFT FOR A SEVEN YEAR OLD MEMER NIECE WHO IS AN AVERAGE FOR HER AGE READER?
THOSE WARRIOR CATS BOOKS SOME MEMER'S KID LOVES.
I WAS READING THOSE AS A KID, TOO. FAIR WARNING THAT THERE IS CAT CHARACTER DEATH STUFF, THOUGH, IF LATER HARRY POTTER IS TOO MUCH FOR MEMER'S NIECE.
THOSE WARRIOR CATS BOOKS SOME MEMER'S KID LOVES.
I WAS READING THOSE AS A KID, TOO. FAIR WARNING THAT THERE IS CAT CHARACTER DEATH STUFF, THOUGH, IF LATER HARRY POTTER IS TOO MUCH FOR MEMER'S NIECE.
November 2, 2018
this was an amazing siries don't really recomand to squimish people about blood and death because it gets very descriptive but if your fine with it then cheak out the book " into the wild " book one from the prophecy begins!
February 8, 2024
Personally, this was one of my first introductions to a main character that was strong yet dealing with trauma and disabilities. I bought and re-read it as an adult. still one of my all-time favorite children's stories.
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January 1, 2025
May be a little biased cause I love jay feather so much but I lllooooovvvveeee this story arc it is my favorite I love all the twists and how jay feather, Holly leaf and lion blaze each have a power. I love the inclusion of Sol in the 4th book and I overall enjoyed reading this one
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June 2, 2020
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January 7, 2021
GO READ THESE NOW ALL OF THEM GOOOOO
January 15, 2021
GREAT and EXCELLENT like always. Thank you, Erin Hunter, for writing such great stories!!! Please share more of your great work with us :).
February 3, 2021
i like all books that are warrior books dispite they have a lot of killing and deaths
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January 12, 2022
ok so?? they can just have powers now ?? and that's never explained ?? ok.
but i loved the characters. the three are so fun. jaypaw my beloved
but i loved the characters. the three are so fun. jaypaw my beloved
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June 28, 2022
Grandchildren love the books and read them over and over
July 23, 2022
Una de las mejores sagas la verdad amo a ala de tortola y me encanta los hermanos
December 22, 2022
I loved this series as kid! Really enjoyed following the stories of each sibling.
August 20, 2023
Amezing books
April 12, 2024
Reading these with my oldest son. So fun to read them together
March 16, 2025
Probably my favorite ark Jayfeather no matter what amazing even though almost died at the start.
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March 27, 2025
Fun and interesting. These were my first warrior books. Very dear to me
April 3, 2025
Great series. Well plotted story
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April 28, 2025
Pretty good.l
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July 16, 2025My fave saga… omgfogmgom 🐋🐋🐋
July 17, 2025
very Interesting especially when you find out about the powers and the secrets in the family
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