Rising Storm

Rising Storm is the fourth volume in the Original series of six warriors books.

The Blurb

 * Fire alone can save our Clan...


 * Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan - but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike.


 * That's not the only problem facing the young ThunderClan deputy in these blazing summer months, as he struggles to handle ominous omens, a disrespectful apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self.


 * Meanwhile, the forest gets hotter and hotter... and everyone braces for the coming storm...

The Praise

 * "A suspenseful story that urges readers onward."
 * -ALA Booklist

Detailed Plot Summary

 * Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw had been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan — but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike. And when he does, Fireheart wondered if ThunderClan will be ready. Most of the cats are still shocked about Tigerclaw's disloyalty and many warriors are badly injured. Bluestar also did not seem like herself because her mind had been damaged by the shock of Tigerclaw's betrayal.


 * In the summer months, Fireheart struggled to handle ominous omens, his disrespectful nephew and apprentice Cloudpaw, who saw a Twoleg for food and one day was abducted by them. Once they saved Cloudpaw, he was accepted back into the clan, But Fireheart gave him a warning. Also, a problem was his devastated Clan leader, who is a shell of her former self. Fireheart must also deal with the fact that his best friend, Graystripe, fell in love with the RiverClan she-cat Silverstream, and had kits with her, and the kits' birth led to Silverstream's death. Graystripe took the kits and joined RiverClan, his deceased love's Clan, while very aware that he had broken the warrior code (Forest of Secrets). The relationship between Sandstorm and Fireheart had grown even more. Meanwhile the forest got hotter and hotter, and a fire sweeps through the forest, destroying ThunderClan's camp and taking the lives of two elders, Patchpelt and Halftail, and Yellowfang, ThunderClan's medicine cat.


 * When Bluestar, accompanied by Fireheart, went to speak to StarClan at Mothermouth, a patrol of WindClan warriors, led by Mudclaw, stopped them before Bluestar was able to talk with them. The ThunderClan leader later feared that StarClan sent WindClan to stop them from going to Mothermouth and speaking with StarClan. Even so, the WindClan patrol had no right to stop Bluestar from journeying to Highstones, and that troubles Fireheart.


 * At the end of the book, it was revealed at a Gathering, after both Nightstar and Cinderfur die from a sickness, that Tigerclaw was the new leader of ShadowClan.