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Warriors

Power of Three

Sunrise

Erin Hunter

To Lynn and Steve Wiman, with heartfelt thanks

Contents

Allegiances

Map

Prologue

Moonlight washed over the stone hollow, bright as day, but…

Chapter 1

Dead bracken rustled beneath Lionblaze’s paws as he stalked through…

Chapter 2

A chilly wind was blowing from the moor when Firestar…

Chapter 3

Jayfeather sat still while the rest of the Clan swirled…

Chapter 4

Frost lay thick on the ground as Brambleclaw’s patrol headed…

Chapter 5

As the patrol crossed the next field, snow began to…

Chapter 6

Hollyleaf leaped forward with her Clanmates. As they reached the…

Chapter 7

Jayfeather stood in the clearing after the Sol patrol had…

Chapter 8

Lionblaze forgot to breathe as he stared across the vast…

Chapter 9

Jayfeather woke when a cold breeze ruffled his fur. “We…

Chapter 10

Hollyleaf shifted uneasily in the makeshift nest under the tree…

Chapter 11

Lionblaze heard his sister screeching, but he ignored it. He…

Chapter 12

Jayfeather shifted uncomfortably on the bare earth. How was any…

Chapter 13

Hollyleaf blinked in surprise when she woke among the stone…

Chapter 14

Hollyleaf whirled around. Behind her, in an arched opening, a…

Chapter 15

“Thanks, Jayfeather,” Whitewing purred as Jayfeather dropped a leaf wrap…

Chapter 16

Lionblaze woke to the sound of excited mewing and movement…

Chapter 17

Hollyleaf pushed her way through the thorn tunnel with a…

Chapter 18

Lionblaze led Foxpaw and Icepaw into the forest to collect…

Chapter 19

Jayfeather padded in Leafpool’s paw steps as she climbed to…

Chapter 20

Jayfeather wriggled around and sniffed where some scraps of the…

Chapter 21

Hollyleaf blinked wearily in the misty dawn as the elders…

Chapter 22

Jayfeather struggled through snow that reached up to his belly…

Chapter 23

Lionblaze slid out of the camp through the dirtplace tunnel…

Chapter 24

Hollyleaf’s pelt prickled with frustration as she and her…

Chapter 25

Sunhigh had come and gone by the time Hollyleaf and…

Chapter 26

By the time the three littermates stumbled back into the…

Chapter 27

The rest of the day passed in a haze of…

Chapter 28

Jayfeather slid through the thorn tunnel and stood panting in…

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Other Books by Erin Hunter

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

ALLEGIANCES

THUNDERCLAN

LEADER FIRESTAR—ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt

DEPUTY BRAMBLECLAW—dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

MEDICINE CAT LEAFPOOL—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

APPRENTICE, JAYFEATHER

WARRIORS (toms and she-cats without kits)

SQUIRRELFLIGHT—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

APPRENTICE, FOXPAW

DUSTPELT—dark brown tabby tom

SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom with blue eyes

BRACKENFUR—golden brown tabby tom

SORRELTAIL—tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

THORNCLAW—golden brown tabby tom

BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches

SPIDERLEG—long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes

WHITEWING—white she-cat with green eyes

APPRENTICE, ICEPAW

BIRCHFALL—light brown tabby tom

GRAYSTRIPE—long-haired gray tom

BERRYNOSE—cream-colored tom

HAZELTAIL—small gray-and-white she-cat

MOUSEWHISKER—gray-and-white tom

CINDERHEART—gray tabby she-cat

HONEYFERN—light brown tabby she-cat

POPPYFROST—tortoiseshell she-cat

LIONBLAZE—golden tabby tom with amber eyes

HOLLYLEAF—black she-cat with green eyes

APPRENTICES (more than six moons old, in training to become warriors)

FOXPAW—reddish tabby tom

ICEPAW—white she-cat

QUEENS (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

FERNCLOUD—pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes

DAISY—cream long-furred cat from the horseplace, mother of Spiderleg’s kits: Rosekit (dark cream she-cat) and Toadkit (black-and-white tom)

MILLIE—striped gray tabby she-cat, former kittypet, mother of Graystripe’s kits: Briarkit (dark brown she-cat), Bumblekit (very pale gray tom with black stripes), and Blossomkit (pale brown she-cat with a dark stripe along her spine)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

LONGTAIL—pale tabby tom with dark black stripes, retired early due to failing sight

MOUSEFUR—small dusky brown she-cat

SHADOWCLAN

LEADER BLACKSTAR—large white tom with huge jet-black paws

DEPUTY RUSSETFUR—dark ginger she-cat

MEDICINE CAT LITTLECLOUD—very small tabby tom

APPRENTICE, FLAMEPAW (ginger tom)

WARRIORS OAKFUR—small brown tom

APPRENTICE, TIGERPAW (dark brown tabby tom)