Sign of the Moon

Omen of the Stars

Warriors

Sign of the Moon

Erin Hunter

Contents

Allegiances

Prologue

Water thundered down from the mountaintop, screening the entrance to…

Chapter 1

Dovepaw slid out through the thorn tunnel and stood waiting…

Chapter 2

Lionblaze pounded around the bramble thicket, wishing he was small…

Chapter 3

“Can you feel that?” Jayfeather prodded Briarlight’s hindquarters with a…

Chapter 4

For a heartbeat, pure joy flooded through Jayfeather. My sister…

Chapter 5

Ivypool thought her paws might drop off as she stumbled…

Chapter 6

Dovewing sat outside the apprentices’ den, giving herself a quick…

Chapter 7

As Jayfeather emerged from the barrier of thorns, he located…

Chapter 8

Lionblaze emerged from the thorns and trotted toward the old…

Chapter 9

Dovewing’s pelt prickled with excitement as she followed Squirrelflight past…

Chapter 10

Ivypool blinked open her eyes to see the pale light…

Chapter 11

Dovewing halted, her gaze going up and up. She thought…

Chapter 12

Lionblaze jumped onto a fallen tree trunk and arched his…

Chapter 13

Dark shapes flitted around Jayfeather, and from far away he…

Chapter 14

“Why did I ever want to leave the lake behind?”…

Chapter 15

“That’s enough.” Stone Song stepped between Jayfeather and Broken Shadows.

Chapter 16

“Come on, move your tail, Mousewhisker! We haven’t got all…

Chapter 17

A thick, heavy silence surrounded Jayfeather. Everything was dark and…

Chapter 18

“We have to get out of here!” Ivypool whispered, expecting…

Chapter 19

“Please,” Jayfeather begged. “Let me stay here with Half Moon.

Chapter 20

“Mouse dung! Which cat thought night training would be a…

Chapter 21

Dovewing’s ears ached from the snow that blocked them; snow…

Chapter 22

Jayfeather felt as if all the weight of the mountains…

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 JAYFEATHER—gray tabby tom with blind blue eyes

WARRIORS (toms and she-cats without kits)

GRAYSTRIPE—long-haired gray tom

DUSTPELT—dark brown tabby tom

SANDSTORM—pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

BRACKENFUR—golden brown tabby tom

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

CLOUDTAIL—long-haired white tom with blue eyes

BRIGHTHEART—white she-cat with ginger patches

MILLIE—striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes

THORNCLAW—golden brown tabby tom

SQUIRRELFLIGHT—dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

LEAFPOOL—light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat

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

BIRCHFALL—light brown tabby tom

WHITEWING—white she-cat with green eyes

BERRYNOSE—cream-colored tom

HAZELTAIL—small gray-and-white she-cat

MOUSEWHISKER—gray-and-white tom

CINDERHEART—gray tabby she-cat

APPRENTICE, IVYPAW

LIONBLAZE—golden tabby tom with amber eyes

APPRENTICE, DOVEPAW

FOXLEAP—reddish tabby tom

ICECLOUD—white she-cat

TOADSTEP—black-and-white tom

ROSEPETAL—dark cream she-cat

BRIARLIGHT—dark brown she-cat

BLOSSOMFALL—tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

BUMBLESTRIPE—very pale gray tom with black stripes

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

DOVEPAW—pale gray she-cat with blue eyes

IVYPAW—silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes

QUEENS (she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

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

DAISY—cream long-furred cat from the horseplace

POPPYFROST—tortoiseshell she-cat (mother to Cherrykit, a ginger she-cat, and Molekit, a brown-and-cream tom)

ELDERS (former warriors and queens, now retired)

MOUSEFUR—small dusky brown she-cat

PURDY—plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle