This is the first of the Warriors books that features a house cat venturing into the wild and coming face to face with a clan of wildcats!Rusty is a house cat that lives with his owners near a forest. He has heard tales of fearsome wildcats that live in the forest but doesn't believe them until he meets one for real. Luckily for him it's only an apprentice who is not as skilled as a fully trained warrior (cats that have learned all the skills they need to become warriors.) This apprentice was called Graypaw, a graystriped Tom who was with his mentor, Lionheart, a fully trained Warrior cat. Then he meets the clan leader Bluestar who accepts him into Thunderclan, one of the clans in the forest. There are four cat clans in the forest - Shadowclan, masters of ambush attacks, Windclan, the fastest runners in the forest and Riverclan the best swimmers in the forest. Rusty becomes Firepaw because of his flame coloured fur but life isn't easy in the forest and Firepaw has to get used to clan life and must rid the clan of a power-craving cat whose name I won't reveal as it will spoil the surprise! Firepaw has a natural hunting ability which is good for mice in the dense undergrowth of Thunderclan territory. Firepaw is quite a cheeky cat and sometimes disobeys the warrior code which all cats in the forest are bound to but only for the good of his clan.
This book is the first in a great series and I'm already on the last book in the third series! I think that Erin Hunter really liked cats and how they can be very adventurous and I think that's what led her to write these stories.
If you're into cats and the unexpected then this is definitely the book for you and you will love the whole series.
Rating: 9 out of 10!
Read about the series here on Erin Hunter's website
