<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> A Dangerous Path </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Firestar's Quest Midnight </Td> </Tr> <P> The Darkest Hour is a children's fantasy novel, the sixth and last book in the original Warriors series by Erin Hunter, featuring the fictional character Firestar, a cat . The series centers around a group of wild cats living in four Clans, ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan . It was published on October 1, 2004, by HarperCollins Publishers . The story chronicles the events directly after A Dangerous Path and leads to the final battle for the forest . </P> <P> Firestar is now the leader of ThunderClan, following the death of Bluestar and he receives his nine lives at the Moonstone . During the ceremony StarClan tells him the prophecy "Four will become two, Lion and Tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest". He chooses as his deputy Whitestorm, an experienced warrior who is old, but well - respected in the Clan . At the next Gathering, Tigerstar attempts to unify all four Clans claiming that it would help the Clans survive . While Leopardstar agrees, Tallstar and Firestar both refuse to join this alliance, which Tigerstar has called "TigerClan". Accompanied by Ravenpaw, who is on a visit to ThunderClan, Graystripe and Firestar go to RiverClan and find that Graystripe's kits, Stormpaw and Featherpaw, and Bluestar's kits, Mistyfoot and Stonefur, are being held prisoner because of their half - Clan heritage . Since they are all half - ThunderClan and half - RiverClan, Tigerstar accuses them of being half - Clan cats and therefore, in his opinion, traitors . Firestar, Graystripe, and Ravenpaw manage to rescue Mistyfoot, Stormpaw, and Featherpaw, but Stonefur is killed by Darkstripe and Blackfoot when he refuses to kill Stormpaw, who is also his apprentice . </P>

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