The Darkest Hour

bibliophile3 - This is the conclusion to the first arc of the Warriors franchise. This book was amazing,and I couldn't imagine the first story arc being wrapped up better.The characters were complex, and I love everything about this book.There are some major spoiler The plot is that after Bluestar's death,Firestar travels to the Moonstone to receive his nine lives but the process is interrupted with the prophecy "Four will become two,Lion and Tiger will meet in battle and blood will rule the forest.At the next Gathering, Tigerstar requests that all the four clans should join together. Windclan and Thunderclan refuse,but Riverclan agrees,forming Tigerclan with Tigerstar as the leader.One day as Firestar is sipping water,he comes to the realization that Starclan wants him to form and lead Lionclan. Firestar and Graystripe then travel to Windclan territory to suggest the idea to Windclan. Windclan ends up accepting and they go to confront Tigerclan. When they finally get there about to fight,Scourge , the leader of Bloodclan joins Tigerstar. Tigerstar tells them to attack ,but Scourge refuses to and Tigerstar attacks.Scourge dodges and slashes Tigerstar's belly open ,which creates the most horrific and gruesome scene in the series.Scourge's blow was so powerful that Tigerstar died nine times over.After this incident Firestar gets his warriors prepared for the upcoming battle.Will Firestar beat Scourge and face his destiny?Find out by reading this book. I would give this series overall 4 1/2 stars due to there being so many characters to keep up with . I can't wait to read the next story arc!