Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #1: The Sun Trail

By Erin Hunter

Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #1: The Sun Trail - Erin Hunter
  • Release Date: 2013-03-05
  • Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 436 Ratings

Description

Discover the origins of the warrior Clans in this thrilling prequel to Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series

The first book in the Dawn of the Clans series takes readers back to the earliest days of the Clans, when the cats first settled in the forest and began to forge the warrior code. Long before Firestar left his kittypet home to join ThunderClan, a band of cats from the mountains set off on a dangerous journey in search of a new home. . . .

Dawn of the Clans #1: The Sun Trail delivers all the epic adventure and thrilling fantasy that Warriors fans have come to expect. This prequel arc is the perfect introduction for new Warriors readers—and a long-awaited tale of the origins of the Clans that will thrill dedicated Erin Hunter fans!

Also contains an exclusive bonus scene!

Reviews

  • Best book ever!

    5
    By 11hearts8
    But I absolutely HATED clear sky in this. I mean first he basically cussed tall shadow out and left to the forest, then he got a bunch of cats and started acting really rude, and finally he kicks his own brother out! Like who does that??!!! But other than that, amazing book, and I loved it. I also totally thought that like Turtle tail and Bumble were like gonna be gay and be a couple.
  • Nightfeather’s love. Prologue!

    5
    By Nightfeather the awesome
    Characters: Nightpaw: an overly fluffy black she-cat Spottedpaw: a white tom with brown splotches Beepaw: an orange tom with three stripes on his tail OpalStone: a light gray Tom with black stripes DarkStar: a white she-cat with black splotches Eaglekit : an orange tabby tom Prologue: Nightpaw waited outside of the nursery, her mother DarkStar was having her second litter of kittens. Nightpaw and her brothers, Beepaw and Spottedpaw, had been sent back into camp during battle training when they got the news that their mother was having kits. Suddenly, they heard tiny mews coming from the nursery, and when they were allowed to come in, they saw their parents, OpalStone and DarkStar, with a tiny kit. DarkStar was the first to speak, “his name is Eaglekit .” I hope you liked it, chapter one will be in the next book soon!
  • Tealgaze’s Path— prologue

    5
    By 👾👾👾1532
    Hi! I wrote a short, low-effort fanfic about Tealgaze! I think I’m going to make it a full length one eventually, but I don’t think I’ll be able to share it on here because it would be too long. Here’s the prologue! Dustyrose slipped through the ivy curtain, her jaws filled with juicy prey. She carried three young mice by their tails and a large plump finch in her teeth, pleased at her success. Immediately after she entered WolfClan camp, she heard four excited voices from across the way. “ You’re back!” “ Is that for us?” “ Oh, wow!” “ Look at all that food!” Four kits crowded around Dustyrose’s paws, and she purred as she gently shook them away. “ Not now, my loves. This food is for the clan.” She tried to push past them to put her prey on the fresh-kill pile but she failed. The littlest kit, a dusty cream tom, bounced up with the happiest look on his face. “ That’s us! We’re part of the clan!” Dustyrose sighed and gave up. “ Where’s your father? Yes, Robinkit?” The blue and ginger tom — so much like his father — suddenly reared up and nudged Dustyrose’s chest. “ I can put the prey on the pile!” He chirped cheerfully. “ Please let me! Please?” He gave a little wiggle and sat down. “ And father’s over there.” Robinkit added. Dustyrose looked to where her son was nodding at and saw her mate, Crispleaf, who at her call hastily got up and bounded over to where they were waiting. “ Sorry,” he puffed, catching his breath, which wasn’t as good as most cat’s. “ I nodded off for a second.” “ That’s fine. Take these —“ Dustyrose passed the mice to Crispleaf. “— and put them on the fresh-kill pile while I take these four to try this finch.” Crispleaf headed over to be fresh-kill pile with his cargo while Dustyrose led her kits to a secluded part of camp. She sat down and told her kits to do the same. Then, she admired her litter with a fierce love and affection. They were four beautiful kits, two she-kits and two tom-kits, each one containing some part or other of their parents. Robinkit’s fur was the exact shades and pattern of his father, Crispleaf, with sparkling green eyes and a cheerful and mischievous nature. The gentlest and quietest kit was little Mousekit, a cream she-cat with very fluffy fur and a two-colored nose and bright yellow eyes, who liked to sleep but was very well-behaved and friendly when she was awake. The second tom-kit was Pouncekit, with a dusty cream pelt and dark blue eyes like his father. He stayed true to his name and was very good at stalking and he was always practicing his pouncing techniques on his siblings. But the last kit in the litter was Tealkit. She had blue fur like Robinkit and Crispleaf, but her ginger was in the whorls on her back and middle and the spots on her legs and face. She was sassy and high-strung, and was often the instigator of the group. But the thing that was most remarkable about her was her eyes: they were brilliant teal, hence her name. Dustyrose purred as Crispleaf came back, and they all enjoyed the finch together. But no cat ever suspected what was to come of the little teal-eyed she-cat, or what her future would hold… Next chapter in the next book! — Sunsetsplash
  • Hey everybody!

    5
    By Godisgood🩷✝️
    Greetings everyone and welcome back to my reviews!! Today I am making my three cats into warriors! Let’s begin with the mother (Real quick: Everything is completely true) Dusty—>Dustyfur Looks like: tan tabby she-cat with green eyes Rank: Warrior Mate: Stick-darkish gray tabby tom Backstory: She escaped a Twoleg den and joined ThunderClan. Her mentor, Ryepetal, was patient and kind while she learned the ways of the warrior code. Dusty, who became Dustypaw, soon passed her warrior assessment and gained her warrior name, Dustyfur. Soon she met Stick, her Twoleg’s old neighbors new cat, who was a dark gray tabby tom. She immediately fell in love and soon figured out she was expecting his kits. But her Clanmates all believed the father to be Addertooth, a dark honey-colored tom who was secretly kind of cruel, b/c they seemed super close as they had been apprentices together. But when Mistykit, Snowkit and Rustkit were born, the Clan medicine cat Shimmerleaf instantly knew they weren’t Addertooth’s offspring. Shimmerleaf kept Dustyfur’s secret only to be punished with death a few moons later. Addertooth, who had secretly been obsessed with Dustyfur, found out they weren’t his kits, snd alongside kitnapping Mistykit, Snowkit and Rustkit, murdered Shimmerleaf for keeping the secret. Lowstar sent a rescue patrol but they were too late. Rustkit was dead and Mistykit injured to where Dustyfur thought she would die. But the remaining kits were rescued and Addertooth banished from the Clans altogether. Misty’s turn! Misty—>Mistyfur Backstory: Mistykit struggled with her kittypet father and Clan mother. She never knew Stick, who had apparently moved far away, and her mother, Dustyfur, was always grieving for their lost littermate, Rustkit. Snowkit, her remaining brother, had quickly become her best friend. When she was apprenticed and became Mistypaw with Ryepetal as her mentor, she started exploring options outside ThunderClan. She soon met Shrewpaw, a handsome mottled brown tom from WindClan, and his dark sister, Finchpaw, who Snowpaw had his eye on. After three moons of serious training, Mistypaw gained her warrior name, Mistyfur. At her first Gathering as a warrior, she found out Shrewpaw became Shrewfeather. They started meeting each other at Fourtrees about every night alongside Snowfall and Finchfoot. Then the battle came. A bloody battle between ThunderClan and WindClan. Mistyfur found herself against Shrewfeather, her one true love. She let him go and realized that Viperjaw, the cold deputy of ThunderClan, had seen her. But nothing happened, not until she found out she was expecting kits. Finchfoot was too. Not only was her father a kittypet, her kits would be half-Clan. She gave birth to Flaxkit and Stonekit (both toms). Really she also had Windkit, but he was weak at birth and died soon after. Mistyfur took it as a sign from StarClan that she made a mistake. After that, she never saw Shrewfeather again, except from distances like Gatherings and once to tell him about their kits. Finchfoot had Newtkit and Plumkit (Both she-kits) as well as Thunderkit, but he died just like his cousin, Windkit. Jake—>Snowfall Backstory: Snowkit had a hard kithood, between never knowing his kittypet father and being bullied by two fellow kits, Heronkit and Firekit. When he was apprenticed to Owlclaw, who was just as disapproving as Heronkit and Firekit, he thought he would never find his place in the world. But when he met Finchpaw, a dark (as in mysterious) ginger she-cat at a Gathering, he knew he had found his purpose in life. But Heronpaw and Firepaw continued to taunt him, and when they started thinking he liked fellow apprentice Featherpaw, they made fun of him, because Firepaw strongly believed she liked him. The brothers were actually the sons of Dustyfur’s best friend, Blossomlight, but they both thought their sons got along fine, so Snowpaw never bothered Dustyfur with their bullying. One night, Snowpaw and Finchpaw met at Fourtrees, and Snowpaw knew he had fallen in love forever. When he passed his warrior assessment and became Snowfall, he finally decided to stand up to Heronclaw and Fireheart. But when he invited Fireheart on a border patrol to tell him he was done with Fireheart’s shade, the ginger tom trespassed on Sunningrocks (currently belonging to RiverClan) and accidentally slipped, hitting his head hard and falling into the river. Fireheart’s body floating in the river, blood spreading so quickly that it was a scarlet pool in no time, Snowfall was traumatized for the rest of his life. A RiverClan warrior was passing by and saw the after effects. She suspected Snowfall of pushing him, knowing he disliked Fireheart. But Mistyfur and Dustyfur stood up for him and eventually convinced Lowstar he wasn’t responsible for Fireheart’s unexpected death. Heronclaw apologized to Snowfall afterward, and they actually became good friends in the end. Eventually, Finchfoot told him she was expecting his kits and when ThunderClan and WindClan clashed on ThunderClan territory, Snowfall avoided Finchfoot and knew perfectly well Viperjaw had already seen Mistyfur let go of Shrewfeather, Finchfoot’s brother and Mistyfur’s one true love. After the battle, Finchfoot birthed sisters Newtkit and Plumkit. Snowfall lived happily ever after until he died many, many seasons later, under the watchful eyes of his daughters, Newtheart and Plumfire, their mates (Leafspots and Gorseclaw) and his grandkits (Newtheart’s daughter, Petalpaw (tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes, eight moons old) and Plumfire’s only litter (Son Larchwing (ginger tom), son Coldfur (white tom, blue eyes) and daughter Lilystem (silver she-cat, yellow eyes)) After I finally decided to write Snowfall’s fake backstory, I really love him more. So I’ll be writing two chapters for each of these cats in the rest of the series. Next book will have Dustyfur’s chapters
  • Does anyone ship these characters? (FF)

    5
    By soph of bred
    MoonClaw x DawnStar? 🤔 -even tho (spoiler alert!) Dawn and Black(star) have ChestnutKit and ShrubKit?.. BlackSong and… and.. err.. Black(song) x himself! WhitePelt x BadgerFang??? Still thinking about that one.. My option is no but you can ship how u wanna ship MudPaw x BirchTail for now you know her as BirchPaw so.. I ship. ThistlePaw x LeafHeart? Idk I guess since MudPaw has BirchTail.. and again you know LeafHeart as LeafPaw
  • Join alternate universe BloodClan! BloodClan fanfic in the blazing star

    5
    By warriorsIScool
    ThunderClan and RiverClan are now closed, the message board is the first arc, RiverClan the New Prophecy arc, ShadowClan the Power of Three, and WindClan A Vision Of Shadows. SkyClan is the Omen of the Stars and BloodClan is in Dawn of the Clans. The information to submit is in the Broken Code arc. Thanks Espresso Cat! *inhales* *****IF YOU HAVEN’T SUBMITTED CATS BEFORE, PLEASE CHECK THE REVIEWS OF ANY BROKEN CODE BOOK BEFORE SUBMITTING!***** *exhales* sorry for all caps just had to make it clear 😂 😜 BloodClan: Leader: Killer, black tom with white splotches and red eyes. Submitted by Leopardsplash. (Trainee, Blood) Deputy: Sharp, reddish-furred she-cat with extremely long claws and teal eyes. Mother to Slash, Pounce, Bite, and Hiss. Submitted by Leopardsplash. BloodClan cats: Snarl, black tom with piercing blue eyes. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. (Trainee, Stream) Death, brown tortoiseshell tom with brown eyes. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. (Trainee, Growl) Croak, white tom with splattered black splotches. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. Frog, tortoiseshell she-cat. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. (Trainee, Claw) Fang, heavily scarred creamy white tom with a fluffy tail. Submitted by xXGalacticSkiesXx. (Trainee, Honey) Smokeshadow, gray tom with black mottles. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. Whisper, elegant gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. Monroe, cream tom with black speckles. Submitted by MagnoliaHeart. Dark, black tom with amber eyes. Submitted by GalacticSkies. Vanity, pure white she-cat with blue eyes. Submitted by GalacticSkies. Hunter, yellow tabby tom with dark green eyes and one white paw. Submitted by GalacticSkies. Moon, white she-cat with gray splotches and amber eyes. Submitted by GalacticSkies. Tip, pale ginger she-cat with white speckles. Submitted by Ivywhisker. Slight, cream tom with black tabby stripes (Monroe’s brother, former kittypet). Submitted by Ivywhisker. Hatred that Runs Deep Under the Surface, chocolate-and-white she-cat with pretty blue eyes. Submitted by Ivywhisker. (Hatred) Rage, reddish tom with black paws and tabby stripes. Submitted by Ivywhisker. Gravel, gray tom with darker flecks and amber eyes. Submitted by Hollyfrost. Shard, spiky-furred gray she-cat with amber eyes. Submitted by Hollyfrost. Mud, mottled brown-and-gray tom with yellow-green eyes. Submitted by Hollyfrost. Slash, black-and-white tom-kit with teal eyes. Submitted by Tigress but made by Ivywhisker. Pounce, reddish she-kit with teal eyes. See Slash, above. Pounce, black and white tom-kit with red eyes. See Slash. Hiss, reddish she-kit with red eyes. See Slash. Prisoners: Brook, gray tabby she-cat with amber streaks. Blue eyes. Formerly of RiverClan, now is mates with Fang. Two kits, Growl and Stream. Submitted by xXGalacticSkiesXx. Growl, creamy white tom with amber splotches. Parents submitted by GalacticSkies but cat made by Ivywhisker. Stream, gray tabby she-cat with creamy white streaks. Parents were submitted by GalacticSkies but cat was made by Ivywhisker. Pumpkin, white she-cat with orange tabby stripes and soft brown eyes. Slightly plump. Formerly a kittypet (sister to Nutmeg*). Submitted by Ivywhisker. Trainees: Storm, pure white she-cat with vibrant green eyes. Submitted by Tsunami&Sunny123. Vengeance, sleek rose-cream she-cat with brown rosettes (like a leopard/clouded leopard) on her pelt). She has black eyes. Submitted by Ivywhisker. Blood, black tom with red claws and eyes. Submitted by Leopardsplash. Honey, pretty golden she-cat with green eyes. Submitted by Leopardsplash. Claw, black tom with teal eyes. Submitted by Leopardsplash. BLOODCLAN: 18/18 cats CLOSED 4/10 prisoners (including kits and queens) 5/5 trainees CLOSED *Nutmeg is in my upcoming fanfic abt Ghost, Haunt, and Spirit! |vy
  • Hi Ivywhisker!

    4
    By SkzStan328🐥🥟
    I have a trainee for Bloodclan! Name: Storm Appearance: Pure white she-cat with vibrant green eyes Clan: Au Blood clan, hopefully. Her mother and father were hit by a monster on a thunderpath, no siblings. Thanks!
  • Tribe of endless swimming/ Otterclan up for adoption! (Their story is in broken code)

    5
    By Coachkm
    Leader: otter of north water-Otterstar 9/9 Deputy: Dew of curling flower (EVIL!!!!) Medicine cats: leaf of spotted flower Apprentice: Feather of fallen seagull Warriors: Slicer of underwater bubbles Mud of salty sea Shark that swims back Eagle that dives fast Turtle shell of small turtle Apprentices: Thorn of spiky rose Feather of fallen eagle Queen: None Elders: Gorse that grows in corner Just tell me if you want to adopt any! Or the whole tribe/ clan! Ty!
  • Hey!!! More BloodClan cats!!

    5
    By tatertotsy 13
    Name: SmokeShadow Sex: tom Pelt: gray mottled with black Mate: Whisper Kits: none YET Clan: AU Riverclan, now is in BloodClan Name: Whisper Sex: she-cat Pelt: elegant white and gray with blue eyes Mate: SmokeShadow Kits: none YET Clan: AU BloodClan Name: Monroe Sex: tom Pelt: cream with black speckles Mate: none Kits: no mate = no kits Clan: kittypet, AU BloodClan
  • I don’t have words

    5
    By PantherstarofSkyclan
    I feel sorry for Clear Sky tho Cat on the cover- Gray Wing Brokensong
  • this is why. no hate!

    2
    By 🖤 n e r d i e g i r l 🖤
    soo. I read these books when I started my obsession with books. and because these books were my first real book (because diary of wimpy kid isn’t really a book) I was so hyped abt them. So at the time it was 5 start for no reason really. looking back I thought when a cat had baby’s there was drama? No. Reading the selection series rn sooo obviously it’s wayyy different. but yeah, looking back I didn’t really like the books but uh I just made myself think I did lol. but if u like them it’s fine lol ⭐️⭐️- rating (Because it’s not a bad book, just not my type at all lol)
  • NOOO

    5
    By eveveve eveve
    NOT BRIGHT STREAM OR STORM OR SHADED MOSS OR FLUTTERING BIRD JUST WHYYYY
  • I miss Fluttering Bird..😭😭

    5
    By catgjg
    Why Fluttering Bird? WHY?!? And Gray Wing is on the cover. Also I’m starting my own Clan! It’s Puddle Clan! All roles open except Leader! Ask me, to join! Here’s my cat: Name: Briar Star Mate: None Kits: Eagle Kit, Tiny Kit, and Storm Kit Kin Mom: Puddle Shine Dad: Elk Wail Brother:Firefly Kit (Died at Birth) Sisters: Dewy Sniff, Clover Wish, and Deer Paw (Killed By Monster) Skill Chart Strength: 32% Wisdom: 100% Kindness: 110% Loyalty: 30%… ~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter One…~~~~~~~~~~~~ Briar Star Yawned, she hadn’t slept in days. “Please mommy?” Eagle Kit begged. “Maybe Later..” groaned Briar. Soot Whisker Heard this conversation and padded over, knowing what to do. “Do any three Kits need a badger ride?” He mewed. “I do! I do!” Mewed Tiny Kit. “I want one more than you!” Eagle Kit Held his head high. “Lemme get on your back!” Storm Kit Begged. Soot Whisker Bent down, the three kits scrambling on his back. He glanced at Briar Star as she blinked Gratefully. “Here we go!” Soot whisker sprinted out of the camp, his heart racing. Little did he notice that Tiny Kit was beginning to slip off. “Hey! I’m slipping! Help!” Tiny Kit mewed. But the wind was too loud. As Tiny Kit fell off everything went dark, and Soot Whisker and her bothers darted father and father away from her… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the next chapter, look in the comments of the next Dawn of the Clans book! 😁 Great Book! — Briar Star
  • Wow…*spoilers*

    5
    By laina🍁
    I loved it. Except, I thought Gray Wing and Turtle Tail were going to like have kittens and become each other’s mates. But no, he fell in love with Storm who ends up being pregnant with his brothers (Clear Sky) kits. I was shocked. Then it was sooo sad when Clear Sky became a control mean cat, and kicked his little brother out of his camp!? However I’m giving it a 5 because I loved being shocked every time I turned the page. (This was my first book reading the warrior cats series.)
  • I'm starting my own clan

    5
    By oooooof. manana. d fr
    I'm starting my own clan. It will be Dark clan all positions are open except leader so please join. Just ask to join Dark Clan and say what position you want to be and I will let you if the position is not full and if possible say the color of your oc because I am going to write a story about Dark clan. My oc Darkstar Pelt color black and patches of white on his tail Position Leader Mate none Kits none Skill chart Intelligence 100 percent Fighting 70 percent Loyalty 100 percent Speed 90 percent Courage 96 percent Names Darkkit Darkpaw Darkshadow Darkstar. Darkstar:)
  • Loved it

    5
    By Ghost of honesty
    Been a fan of the books all my life! This series is fun trying to pick out familiar spots like sunning rocks and four trees without the usual names!!
  • Hi y’all! Sorry...

    3
    By Part 1 of into the shadows!
    Hi everyone!! Whitefeather here with another book review! Sorry I didn’t finish the story of Mistbreeze and Silverfoot. You can check it out by looking at the comments for omen of the stars. (The whole series) Anyway. So, I know I’m practically ALWAYS giving the warrior books five star ratings, but this book definitely deserves a three star review!!! Why is this, you may wonder? *Too much death *Too much sorrow *Too much arguing *Too much trouble going on Yeah....LOTS OF REASONS! Erin Hunter...Why must every darn book of yours have death... Anyway. Sorry Erin, but you REALLY have to work on the death happening in your books!!! Well, stay tune for more guys!! -Whitefeather of MistClan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • Eeee!

    5
    By gabbymingo
    ....I know, I know. I shouldn’t be writing a review for a book I haven’t read yet. But c’mon! It looks and sounds so great! I bought the whole pack a week ago, and I haven’t read it yet. I know right, crazy!? Buuut there’s a reason. So I wanted to read this when I finished all the other mini series like power of three, the first prophecy, vision of shadows, broken code, etc. So I’m in the middle of broken code but the next book doesn’t come out UNTIL APRIL. 3 MONTHS AWAY. AND ANOTHER BOOK, WINGS OF FIRE #14 COMES OUT IN MARCH. WAHH. LIKE WHAAAT? UGH. Sooo I need something to keep me reading until I can but the 5th book of broken code, and Wings of Fire (another great series LOOK IT UP I BEG U. U WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. Its about dragons and I just love these two series, Warriors and Wings of Fire). Since I want to read how the clans started and haven’t yet, I’m going to gradually read dawn of the clans (which is going to be hard. I am a fast reader and am TERRIBLE at waiting). Can’t wait! ....... GO CATS FOREVER YESS CATSSSS~ oh and dragons YAY
  • It’s a good book

    5
    By SwiftpawofTC
    I loved the book it had a lot of excitement and adventure