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First published in the USA by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2005
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Source ISBN: 9780007419272
Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007460021
Version: 2017-07-28
To Rod Ritchie,who first figured out what really goes on beyond the garden fence . . .
Special thanks to Cherith Baldry
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Allegiances
Maps
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Also by Erin Hunter
| THUNDERCLAN | |
| LEADER | FIRESTAR—ginger tom with a flame-coloured pelt |
| DEPUTY | GREYSTRIPE—long-haired grey tom |
| MEDICINE CAT | LEAFPOOL—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes |
| WARRIORS | (toms, and she-cats without kits) |
| DUSTPELT—dark brown tabby tom | |
| SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat | |
| CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom | |
| BRACKENFUR—golden brown tabby tom APPRENTICE, WHITEPAW | |
| THORNCLAW—golden brown tabby tom | |
| BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches | |
| BRAMBLECLAW—dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes | |
| ASHFUR—pale grey (with darker flecks) tom, dark blue eyes apprentice, birchpaw | |
| RAINWHISKER—dark grey tom with blue eyes | |
| SQUIRRELFLIGHT—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes | |
| SPIDERLEG—long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes | |
| APPRENTICES | (more than six moons old, in training to become warriors) |
| WHITEPAW—white she-cat with green eyes | |
| BIRCHPAW—light brown tabby tom | |
| QUEENS | (she-cats expecting or nursing kits) |
| FERNCLOUD—pale grey (with darker flecks) she-cat, green eyes, mother of Dustpelt’s kits | |
| SORRELTAIL—tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes | |
| DAISY—cream-coloured, long-furred cat from the horseplace | |
| ELDERS | (former warriors and queens, now retired) |
| GOLDENFLOWER—pale ginger coat, the oldest nursery queen | |
| LONGTAIL—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes, retired early due to failing sight | |
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MOUSEFUR—small
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