The Fourth Apprentice ReViEw

Skipping half a generation ahead, the Fourth Apprentice was a book featuring Ivykit and Dovekit as well as Lionblaze and Jayfeather. There was a prophecy was in the last series 'There will be Three, kin of your kin, who Hold the Power of the Stars in their Paws' and Everyone thought it was Hollyleaf ,Jayfeather and Lionblaze, but then Hollyleaf died. Revealed in this book was that after Dovekit and Ivykit became apprentices, that Dovekit had an amazing skill of hearing and almost seeing at a distance that was not possible for cats. Lionblaze became her mentor, and he and Jayfeather told her about the prophecy. She was amazed, but it also took her a while to understand that other cats didnt have those senses.

There was a terrible drought going on in the clans and the river had dried up as well as most of the lake. RiverClan was becoming very agictated and announced that the lake belonged to them and no other clan could have it. (that didnt make much sense since every cat needed water so RiverClan must have really been losing it) Also, Leopardstar lost about 3 lives due to infection, disease, and lack of food. Anyway, Dovepaw suddenly saw what was causing the lack of water. Up the stream in ShadowClan territory there was a group of beavers that had built a dam in the stream, blocking the water. Dovepaw heard the gnawing of the beavers and knew she had to do something. With Lionblaze's help, a patrol was gathered two cats from each clan. The cats set out, still a little hostile not knowing what was ahead. Finally, (in a nutshell) they reached the beaver dam and they tried to roll the logs that were blocking the stream but they were very slippery and the beavers were immune to any amount of clawing and biting and the cats had to retreat. Finally, they decided to attack them at night and they managed to shift the logs enough to allow the water to run back into the clans.

The cat on the cover of this book is Dovepaw, and in the next book, "Fading Echoes" the cover features Ivypaw, Dovepaw's sister who has no special talents and sometimes feels very left out...who knows what will happen next?