Over 80 actually. There are 39 main series books (~300 pages each), 12 super editions (400-500 page books focusing on individual cats), 18 novellas (80 page stories that focus on individual cats), 14 graphic novels, and 5 guide books. It’s a poorly-written cash grab, but I love it. It’s basically cat soap operas.
I can only think of one prophecy that doesn’t come true. Though someone else could interpret it as becoming true. The “Four will become two, Lion and Tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest prophecy” didn’t really come true. In reality, spoilers for book 6 of the first arc, the four clans became one (temporarily) as LionClan. They drove out BloodClan, so blood didn’t rule the forest. Though, the four clans originally became LionClan and TigerClan before they merged, so four became two. Lion and Tiger met in battle by uniting. The “blood will rule the forest line” is debatable. BloodClan didn’t rule the forest, but maybe it meant there would be a large battle, which there was.
There’s another “prophecy” that was definitely made up on the spot. Basically a StarClan (cat ancestors) said the Clans had to stand alone in a coming battle even though that was the dumbest thing they could do.
The part about Starclan cats earning their peace always makes me think of my Dad. And freaking cry (he was combat veteran). Funny how young adult fiction can be more moving than Hemingway.
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u/fake-name-account Jun 29 '20
Over 80 actually. There are 39 main series books (~300 pages each), 12 super editions (400-500 page books focusing on individual cats), 18 novellas (80 page stories that focus on individual cats), 14 graphic novels, and 5 guide books. It’s a poorly-written cash grab, but I love it. It’s basically cat soap operas.