A Dangerous Path
First edition cover
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| Author | Erin Hunter |
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| Cover artist | Wayne McLoughlin |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Warriors |
| Genre | Children's literature Fantasy novel |
| Published | 2004 (Avon) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardcover) |
| Pages | 336 |
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| Preceded by | Rising Storm |
| Followed by | The Darkest Hour |
A Dangerous Path is a children's fantasy novel, the fifth book in the Warriors series, written by Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter. This individual book was written by Cherith Baldry. The series is about four Clans of wild cats, and their adventures in the forest in which they reside. The story follows a plan set up by Tigerstar, leader of ShadowClan, who wishes to destroy ThunderClan by using dogs to hunt them down. At the end of the book, Bluestar, leader of ThunderClan, dies after risking her life to kill the dogs, making Fireheart, now Firestar, the new leader of ThunderClan. Near the end of the book, Fireheart's friend Graystripe also returns to ThunderClan from RiverClan, knowing that no one will respect him in RiverClan.
The book was first published in the US as a hardcover on 1 June 2004. It was later published as a paperback and as an e-book, and in the UK and Canada as a paperback. A Dangerous Path has also been published in foreign languages, including French and Chinese. The book received positive reviews from reviewers such as Booklist and Horn Book Review, who praised the tensions and fast pace.
The story again takes place in a fictional forest populated by four groups of feral cats, ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan and ShadowClan. Each Clan has their own territory in which they hunt for prey and protect from enemies such as rival Clans and wild animals. The story follows Fireheart and his adventures in ThunderClan.
The forest is based on New Forest, which is located in Southern England. Besides New Forest, Loch Lomond, the Scottish Highlands, and the Forest of Dean also inspired the fictional locales in the novel.
When a pack of dogs begins to run wild in the forest, Fireheart, deputy of ThunderClan, suspects that Tigerstar, ShadowClan's new leader, is behind it. Bluestar names Cloudpaw a warrior even though all of the apprentices had worked hard, and they were all old enough. Two of ThunderClan's apprentices, Swiftpaw and Brightpaw, try to fight the dog pack themselves in an attempt to prove themselves. However, Swiftpaw is killed and Brightpaw badly disfigured by the pack of dogs, losing part of her face and one eye. While Brightpaw is recovering from the mauling, she repeats words she heard the dogs say: "pack, pack" and "kill, kill". Bluestar then "promotes" Brightpaw to the full status of a true warrior, but she shames Brightpaw by giving her the name Lostface.
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