The prophecy requires Alderpaw to team up with another apprentice in Shadowclan ('Embrace what you find in the shadows').

Alderpaw will receive visions from Starclan (which is already confirmed in the blurb) and will be given the prophecy.

So here's how I think the plot is going to go: The key words here are 'shadows' and 'sky', which refer to Shadowclan and Skyclan, respectively.

a journey that may be the Clans’ only hope.'įirst of all, the opening sentence is obviously a prophecy from Starclan that will be given to Alderpaw: 'Embrace what you find in the shadows, for only they can clear the sky'.

Guided by a mysterious vision, the young apprentice Alderpaw of ThunderClan must go on a dangerous journey. The warrior cat Clans have enjoyed many moons of peace and prosperity-but a dark season approaches, and those days will soon be over. But the omens in Alderpaw’s dreams will soon send him away from everything he has ever known on a quest to ensure the Clans’ survival. When he begins having strange dreams-visions that can only have been sent by the warrior ancestors in StarClan-Bramblestar names him apprentice to the Clan’s medicine cat. But a dark shadow looms on the horizon, and the time has come for one young cat to shape his destiny-and the fate of all the warrior Clans.Īlderpaw, the son of the ThunderClan leader, Bramblestar, is eager to find his place in Clan life. 'Embrace what you find in the shadows, for only they can clear the sky.įor many moons, the warrior cats have lived in peace in their territories around the lake. The Apprentices's Quest will be 336 pages long and will feature Bramblestar's and Squirrelflight's son, Alderpaw. It's a gorgeous cover designed by the new Warriors cover artist, Owen Richardson.

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