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{{Short description|2004 novel by Erin Hunter}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = Rising Storm

| title_orig =

| translator =

| image = Warriorsbook4.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = [[Erin Hunter]]

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = [[Wayne McLoughlin]]

| country = United States

| language = English

*| series = ''[[Warriors (booknovel series)|Warriors]]''

| genre = [[Children's literature]]<br>[[Fantasy novel]]

| publisher = [[Avon (publishers)|Avon]]<br>[[HarperCollins]]

| release_date = 6 January 2004

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 336

| isbn = 978-0-06-052563-7

| oclc = 297198593

| preceded_by = [[Forest of Secrets]]

| followed_by = [[A Dangerous Path]]

}}

'''''Rising Storm''''' is a [[fantasy novel]], the fourth book in the ''[[Warriors (novel series)|Warriors]]'' series, written under the pen name of [[Erin Hunter]]. ''Rising Storm'' was written by [[Kate Cary]].<ref name=FirstChat>{{cite web|url=http://www.wandsandworlds.com/community/node/52|title=First Erin Hunter Author Chat|work=Wands and Worlds|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304065805/http://www.wandsandworlds.com/community/node/52|archive-date=2008-03-04}}</ref> The series follows the adventures of four Clans of wild, [[anthropomorphic]] cats. The plot follows [[List of Warriors characters#Firestar|Fireheart]], newest deputy of ThunderClan, struggling to complete his duties as deputy, while still knowing that the previous deputy, [[List of Warriors characters#Tigerstar|Tigerclaw]], is lurking in the forest somewhere, seeking revenge against Fireheart and his Clan.

The book was first released as a hardcover in the US on 6 January 2004. It was then released in both paperback and e-book format. The UK has received the paperback version along with Canada. ''Rising Storm'' has been published in multiple languages, including Chinese, German, and French. Reviews for the book were mixed, with reviewers praising the suspense and cliffhanger ending; however, some reviews criticized the growing number of characters and lack of humor and depth.

[[Image:Warriorsbook4.jpg|200px|thumb|The cover of ''Rising Storm'']]

==Synopsis==

'''''Rising Storm''''' is the fourth book in Erin Hunter's bestselling ''[[Warriors (book series)|Warriors]]'' series.

===Setting===

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''Rising Storm'' takes place in a fictional forest. The forest is home to four Clans of wild cats, [[List of Warriors characters|ThunderClan]], [[List of Warriors characters|WindClan]], [[List of Warriors characters|RiverClan]] and [[List of Warriors characters|ShadowClan]], each of which lives in a piece of territory suited to their skills/abilities.

The forest is based on [[New Forest]] in Southern England.<ref name="FirstChat"/> In addition to the New Forest, [[Loch Lomond]], the [[Scottish Highlands]], and the [[Forest of Dean]] also inspired the fictional locales in the novel.<ref name=katefaq>{{cite web|url=http://katecary.co.uk/blog/?page_id=760|title=Kate Cary's Blog: FAQ|access-date=August 8, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Guttersnipe">{{cite web|url=http://www.geofbrownbridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kate/warriorsgossip.html|title=The Guttersnipe: Warriors Gossip|work=The Guttersnipe|access-date=2008-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128032749/http://www.geofbrownbridge.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kate/warriorsgossip.html|archive-date=2007-11-28}}</ref>

=== Plot Summary ===

=== Plot Summary ===

Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan — but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike. And when he does, Fireheart wonders if ThunderClan will be ready. Most of the cats are still shocked of Tigerclaw's disloyalty and many warriors are badly injured. On top of it, Bluestar does not seem like herself because her mind has been damaged by Tigerclaw.

Fireheart is ThunderClan's new deputy, but the previous deputy, Tigerclaw, still haunts Fireheart's dreams. Fireheart wonders if ThunderClan would be ready if Tigerclaw attacked, as many of the cats are still shocked by Tigerclaw's disloyalty, and many warriors are still badly injured. Bluestar begins to become distrustful of the Clan after Tigerclaw's betrayal, trusting only her most senior warriors, and those who were not Clanborn.

Bluestar, accompanied by Fireheart, goes to speak with StarClan, the Clans' warrior ancestors, at the Moonstone, located inside a disused [[quarry]] mine known to the Clans as Mothermouth. On the way there, a patrol of WindClan warriors stop them. The ThunderClan leader later fears that StarClan sent WindClan to stop them from going to Mothermouth and speaking with StarClan, which causes her to slip into further paranoia.

That's not the only problem facing the young ThunderClan deputy. In these blazing summer months, Fireheart struggles to handle ominous omens, his disrespectful nephew and apprentice Cloudpaw, who has a shocking secret. He has been seeing a Twoleg for food and one day was abducted by them. It was Ravenpaw who told Fireheart and Sandstorm where Cloudpaw was being held. Once they saved Cloudpaw, he was accepted back into the clan, But Fireheart gave him a warning. Also, a problem is his devastated Clan leader, who is a shell of her former self. And the fact that his best friend, Graystripe, fell in love with the RiverClan she-cat Silverstream, and had kits with her, although the kits' birth led to Silverstream's death. Graystripe takes the kits and joins Riverclan, his deceased love, while very aware that he has broken the warrior code (''[[Forest of Secrets (Warriors)|book three]])''. The relationship between Sandstorm and Fireheart grows even more. Meanwhile the forest gets hotter and hotter, and a fire sweeps through the forest, destroying ThunderClan's camp and taking the lives of a few cats, including the life of Yellowfang, Thunderclan's medicine cat.

Fireheart struggles with his disrespectful nephew and apprentice, [[List of Warriors characters#Cloudtail|Cloudpaw]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-30|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of Warriors characters#Cloudtail|reason= The anchor (Cloudtail) [[Special:Diff/1035858826|has been deleted]].|diff_id=1035858826}}, who disobeys Fireheart's orders to stay away from Twolegs (humans), and is eventually abducted by them. Fireheart and his friend, Sandstorm, then go on a quest to rescue Cloudpaw. They find him, take him back, and he is accepted back into the Clan by convincing the Clan that he went against his will. Meanwhile, Fireheart struggles to cope with missing his best friend, [[List of Warriors characters#Graystripe|Graystripe]], who left ThunderClan with his kits to live in RiverClan, the kits' mother's Clan.

Is the prophecy ''Fire will save the Clan'' wrong? When Bluestar, accompanied by Fireheart, goes to speak to StarClan at Mothermouth, a patrol of WindClan warriors, led by Mudclaw, stops them. The ThunderClan leader later frets about StarClan sending WindClan to stop her, and she believes that it was true. Bluestar had eaten traveling herbs before the journey, and cats who are to speak with StarClan are not allowed to eat beforehand. Even so, the WindClan patrol had no right to stop Bluestar from journeying to Highstones, and that troubles Fireheart.

The forest gets hotter and hotter as summer drags on, and eventually a [[wildfire]] sweeps through the forest. It destroys ThunderClan's camp and taking the lives of two elders, Patchpelt and Halftail, as well as [[List of Warriors characters#Yellowfang|Yellowfang]], ThunderClan's senior medicine cat. At the end of the book, it is revealed at a Gathering that both Nightstar and Cinderfur, elderly leader and deputy of ShadowClan respectively, have died from a sickness, and that Tigerclaw, now Tigerstar, is the new leader of ShadowClan.

The book ends at the Gathering, when Tigerclaw jumps up to High Rock and announces that he is the new leader of ShadowClan.

===Publication Other =history==

''Rising Storm'' was first published as a hardcover in the US on 6 January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Warriors-4-Rising-Storm-Erin-Hunter/?isbn=9780060000059|title=Warriors #4: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter (Hardcover)|publisher=HarperCollins|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> The book was later also published as a paperback on 15 February 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Warriors-4-Rising-Storm-Erin-Hunter/?isbn=9780060525637|title=Warriors #4: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter (Paperback)|publisher=HarperCollins|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> and an e-book on 4 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Warriors-4-Rising-Storm-Erin-Hunter/?isbn=9780061543074|title=Warriors #4: Rising Storm (AER) by Erin Hunter|publisher=HarperCollins|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> In the UK, the book was first released on 2 October 2006 as a paperback.<ref>{{cite book|title=Warrior Cats (4) - Rising Storm: Amazon.co.uk: Erin Hunter: Books|id={{ASIN|0007140053|country=uk}} }}</ref> The Canadian version released early on 8 January 2004.<ref>{{cite book|title=Warriors, Book 4: Rising Storm: Amazon.ca: Erin Hunter: Books|id={{ASIN|0060000058|country=ca}} }}</ref> It has also been translated into other languages such as German,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warriorcats.de/Die_Buecher/Band.4.Vor_dem_Sturm.html|title=Band 4: Vor dem Sturm&nbsp;— WarriorCats.de|publisher=warriorcats.de|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> Japanese, French, Russian, and Korean.<ref name="Chat3part2">{{cite web|url=http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/882|title=Erin Hunter Chat #3 Transcript&nbsp;— part 2|work=Wands and Worlds|access-date=8 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222012441/http://wandsandworlds.com/community/node/882|archive-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> The Chinese version was released on 30 November 2008, and also includes a {{nobreak|3-D}} trading card of Graystripe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morningstar.com.tw/bookcomment-2.aspx?BOKNO=0151004|title=晨星網路書店Morningstar::│圖書基本資料│|publisher=morningstar.com.tw|language=zh|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref>

==Themes==

* '''Births:''' Sorrelkit, Sootkit, Rainkit

A major topic in this book is power. Tigerclaw is determined to take over ThunderClan, even after being banished from the Clan for trying to do so earlier. Other themes are violence and death.<ref name=Barnes&Noble/> ''[[Booklist]]'' notes that "teens may find their own journey toward adulthood echoed in the protagonist's struggles and self-doubts".<ref name="Goodreads" />

* '''Deaths:''' Whitethroat (hit by monster by running away from Fireheart), Cinderfur (Implied), Nightstar (sickness), Runningwind (murdered by Tigerclaw), Yellowfang, Halftail, Patchpelt (smoke inhalation from fire)

*'''Apprentices Made:''' Fernpaw, Ashpaw

* '''Warriors Made:''' None

* '''Medicine cats made:''' Cinderpelt

* '''Leaders Made:'''Tigerstar

* '''Cover:''' Tigerclaw (it's a brown tabby with a nick in its ear, like Tigerclaw) stalking Fireheart as the ThunderClan deputy follows the ShadowClan cats to the tunnel.

* '''Center Cover: Paperback:''' Fireheart and Sandstorm; '''Hardcover:''' Fireheart and Cloudpaw.

==Critical reception==

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''Rising Storm'' was mostly well received by critics. In one review by ''Booklist'', the reviewer calls the novel suspenseful, also noting how the story echoes the journey to maturity.<ref name="Goodreads">{{cite web|url=http://catalog.dclibrary.org/vufind/Record/ocm52133389/Reviews|title=Reviews: Rising storm BETA|publisher=catalog.dclibrary.org|access-date=8 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414140639/https://catalog.dclibrary.org/vufind/Record/ocm52133389/Reviews|archive-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> Another review, by [[Voice of Youth Advocates]], noted that while the books lacks humor and depth, there was still appeal in the hidden world of the warrior cats.<ref name=Barnes&Noble>{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9780060525637&z=y|title=Rising Storm (Warriors Series #4)|work=Barnes & Noble.com|access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref> A ''BookLoons'' review particularly praised the ending, calling it a cliffhanger.<ref name="BookLoons">{{cite web|url=http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.ASP?bookid=2716|title=Rising Storm: Warriors#4 by Erin Hunter|work=BookLoons Reviews|access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref> A review by [[The Horn Book Magazine|''Horn Book Review'']] for both ''Rising Storm'' and ''A Dangerous Path'' was also positive writing "The fourth and fifth entries in the series continue the development of the complex, dynamic characters".<ref name="Goodreads" /> However, [[Children's Literature (journal)|''Children's Literature'']] was not as positive, saying it was getting hard to remember all of the characters' relatives and leaders.<ref name=Barnes&Noble/>

== See also References==

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* ''[[Warriors (book series)|Warriors]]''

* [[List of Warriors characters|List of ''Warriors'' characters]]

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