Sunrise (book)

Sunrise, formerly known as Cruel Season is the sixth volume in the Power of Three series. The title was changed because Warriors editor Vicky Holmes felt that Cruel Season sounded like a sad way to end the Power of Three.

The Blurb
There will be three, kin of your kin. . . who hold the power of the stars in their paws.

A mysterious murder in the ranks has ripped ThunderClan apart. But more secrets still remain to be discovered.

Jayfeather is determined to find out who his real parents are. But he'll have to trample through a forest of lies in order to uncover the truth. Hollyleaf is shocked by her Clan's disobedience of the warrior code, and distraught enough to strike out at someone she's always admired. And Lionblaze must bear horrified witness to events that will change everything he believes.

In the harshest days of leaf-bare Clanmate turns upon Clanmate, danger lurks behind familiar faces, and one more warrior may be lost forever. . ..

The Praise
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Detailed Plot Summary

 * Sunrise begins with Leafpool repeating a long-used ritual to send Ashfur to StarClan. While she is doing it, she discovers a tuft of fur in Ashfur's claws, which scares her because it's the fur of a cat she knows. She tries to convince herself it came from one of Ashfur's buriers, but Ashfur's claws wouldn't be strong enough to tear fur out from a carrier. Leafpool, in a lot of pain, then wonders if it's her fault he's dead.
 * Meanwhile, in StarClan, Yellowfang attacks Bluestar, saying that the secret that they kept buried for so long is eating away at ThunderClan. Yellowfang then comments that Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze might not even be the three, and Bluestar objects. Yellowfang then mentions that Bluestar may have destroyed ThunderClan with all the lies.


 * Lionblaze is in the Place of No Stars, fighting Tigerstar. Lionblaze attacks Tigerstar and Tigerstar has fear in his eyes for a moment, saying that Lionblaze would never do it. Lionblaze then steps away, saying "You're already dead."


 * ThunderClan discusses Ashfur's murder, and many think that a WindClan cat killed him. Brambleclaw questions Lionblaze since Lionblaze was his last apprentice, and Lionblaze answers that he knows nothing, since he and Ashfur were never very close. Sorreltail then comments on how much Brambleclaw is concerened about Lionblaze, and Lionblaze thinks "He's not my father!"


 * Firestar then sends a patrol to WindClan to find out if one of then killed Ashfur. While there, Lionblaze sees that Breezepelt, Crowfeather's obnoxious son, and Heathertail, Lionblaze's old friend, seem to be together now. Ashfoot says that she sighted Sol near the sight of Ashfur's dead body, and this leads to the thought that Sol killed Ashfur. Hollyleaf then reveals that she secretly met with Sol once, and the Clan takes Sol's last words as a threat.


 * Firestar sends Birchfall, Brambleclaw, Hazeltail, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze to the Sun-Drown-Place to find Sol, and on the way there Hazeltail injures her nose, and Birchfall nearly drowns. Hazeltail also sees her father, Smoky. On the journey, the travelers run into some dogs and are saved by a dark brown tabby she-cat called Jingo. Jingo brings them to a group of cats that once sheltered Sol, and the cats seem to hate Sol. After the travelers leave, they run into Purdy and then Sol, and they bring both back to ThunderClan for questioning.


 * Lionblaze is on the basking rocks with Honeyfern and Berrynose. Millie and Graystripe's kits, Bumblekit, Blossomkit, and Briarkit, are playing on the rocks until a poisonous snake pops up behind Briarkit. Honeyfern jumps and pushes Briarkit out of the way, but in the process she is bitten by the snake, and all Leafpool does is stare at Honeyfern's littermate, Cinderheart. Honeyfern then dies, and Berrynose is heartbroken.


 * Jayfeather, on the other hand, tries to figure out the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with Mousefur's tansy at the time of his birth. He later brushes against it, and Littlecloud tells him it's parsley, used for stopping milk in nursing queens if their kits die. Jayfeather then realizes that his mother is Leafpool, and she tells him that she is, and she tells Hollyleaf too. When she talks with Hollyleaf, she also reveals that Hollyleaf was Ashfur's killer.


 * The three pester Sol about the prophecy and their real father, until Yellowfang comes to Jayfeather in a dream and brings him a Crow's feather, revealing that their father was Crowfeather of WindClan. Jayfeather gets back to camp and helps deliver Whitewing's kits. At the gathering, Hollyleaf reveals the secret, and calls Squirrelflight and Leafpool cowards and liars. She then runs into a collapsing tunnel and it collapses on her. Jayfeather and Lionblaze run after her and try to stop her, but they can't. It is unknown if she is dead or alive.


 * Now that there are only two, Jayfeather and Lionblaze think about the prophecy. Then when Dovekit and Ivykit come out of the nursery, Jayfeather realizes that one of them is part of the prophecy they thought Hollyleaf was part of.