They also grapple with questions of faith, loyalty, honor, and responsibility on a very regular basis. Similar to the fellow book series, Watership Down, the books are quite dark for a children's book, in part thanks to Erin Hunter's Anyone Can Die policy, the series can be quite graphic, as the characters face certain death and possible annihilation at least once a series, and, early on, usually once a book. The events of the series take place over several generations, and show how the Clans change in those times. Many years have distilled the Clans and made them set in their ways and their prejudices, but new threats to the forest force them to start adapting to change and abandoning their prejudice. WindClan cats are extremely fast, and they chase down rabbits on the open moorland.

RiverClan cats love water and are known for swimming and being brilliant tacticians. ShadowClan, masters of stealth and night hunting, live in a marsh and need all their cunning to gather enough food to feed themselves. ThunderClan (the focal Clan) lives in a forest and stalks their prey while priding themselves on their courage. The series centers on four 'Clans' of cats that have lived in a forest and followed the spirits of their warrior ancestors (known as StarClan) for generations. The series focuses on cats running wild in large family groups, fighting each other, falling in love, and worshipping their starry ancestors. Warrior Cats, also well-known as simply Warriors, is a book series written by Erin Hunter. The stories all tie into the original series but can also be read as standalone graphic novel adventures.'For as long as any cat can remember, four clans have ruled the forest: ThunderClan, ShadowClan, WindClan and RiverClan.' To read the books in order, start with book one - The Lost Warrior - the story of ThunderClan warrior Graystripe who has been captured by humans (or TwoLegs as humans are known to the cats) after his forest home was destroyed. The four series of Warriors Manga each follow a different cat clan’s adventures. The Warriors Manga books are not just retellings of the original stories, they are brand-new graphic novel adventures with brilliant cartoon illustrations. Written by several authors under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter, there are now over 40 Warrior Cats books in the universe, plus fifteen manga stories. These thrilling, feline fantasy adventures for readers 9+ are full of battles, action, treachery and cliff-hangers. Warrior Cats is a gripping series of books about the adventures of competing clans of wild cats.

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