Into the Wild

This is the first book in the Warriors: The Prophecies Begin series. If you have read my review for book 2, Fire and Ice, this is the review for that prequel I mentioned. Like Fire and Ice, this is also one of my all time favourite books! To be fair, I like all the books in this arc in the Warriors story, but I’m sorry to say, I haven’t read the second or third arcs or the super editions (such as Firestar’s Quest), but will do so as soon as I’ve finished the book I’m currently reading.
A house cat named Rusty stars as the main character, and one day stumbles upon a small grey cat who lives in the forest as an apprentice to “ThunderClan”, one of four cat clans in the forest, who hunt for their own food, fight against other clans and do their best to survive deadly outbreaks of greencough in winter The clan leader, Bluestar, sees Rusty’s potential and offers him a place in ThunderClan, and for him, it sounds like a dream. Soon, he too is made an apprentice in ThunderClan and begins his training to become a warrior.
As well as this, the fearsome ShadowClan is growing ever stronger, and more bloodthirsty under their leader, Brokenstar. Rusty, now “Firepaw” appears right in the midst of this, and despite his housecat, or “kittypet” heritage, he may grow to be the bravest warrior of them all.