Eclipse

Eclipse is the fourth book in the Power of Three arc. Jaypaw is featured on the original cover, while Sol is featured on the reprinted cover.Revealed on It features Jaypaw, Lionpaw and Hollypaw as the main protagonists. Bluestar and other StarClan cats are featured in the prologue.
==Dedication==
:Special thanks to Kate Cary
==Blurb==
:There will be three, kin of your kin... who hold the power of the stars in their paws.
:Firestar's three grandchildren have learned of the powerful prophecy that foretells their destinies, and the responsibility of deciding the Clans' future weighs heavily on the three apprentices. But each secretly yearns for power; Lionpaw dreams of being unbeatable in battle, while Hollypaw longs to be a great leader, and Jaypaw knows only he could see the true past and future for them all. Their strengths are tested when ThunderClan is suddenly attacked--and all the Clans are thrown into a battle unlike any the cats have seen.
:Then a dark shadow falls across the forest, and a mysterious stranger warns the Clans of more trouble to come. For the first time, it appears that StarClan does not hold the answers the cats need.
:All of a sudden, the warrior code is being tested. A crisis of faith threatens to tear the four Clans apart and destroy what the cats have built their lives upon...
==Praise==
:"Action-packed adventure. Certain to please any reader who has ever wondered what dreams of grandeur may haunt the family cat."
:-Publisher's Weekly
==Detailed plot description==
:The group of cats that made the journey to the Tribe of Rushing Water are returning back to the lake. Before they leave the mountain cats, Brook and Stormfur decide that they'd like to go back to living with the Tribe. A few days after the cats came back, Tigerstar and Hawkfrost continue training Lionpaw in his dreams. Lionpaw tells them about the prophecy, but they tell him that it was just a dream.
:Hollypaw and a few other cats go on a border patrol to the WindClan border because they had scented WindClan on their territory, and found fresh-kill with WindClan scent on it. There, Hollypaw spots something on a hill that she swore was a lion. The patrol laughs at her and think that she was either kidding or imagining it. The next day, Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and the rest of a patrol go to the WindClan border for a second time. There, Hollypaw scents something in the bushes, which turns out to be one of the tunnels that leads to the river, the same one from when the three saved the kits. She doesn't tell the rest of the patrol, but Lionpaw goes back to see what it was.
:Meanwhile, as Cinderpaw takes her assessment, her leg is injured in a fall and delays her warriors ceremony until she has fully recovered. Jaypaw becomes frustrated; he feels that Leafpool is babying Cinderpaw's leg and believes that Cinderpaw must exercise and make it stronger. Cinderpaw then becomes overly cautious and won't even stand up to drink her own water from the pool. Eventually, Jaypaw comes up with an idea to teach Cinderpaw how to swim in the lake. The two apprentices sneak away when Leafpool is making dirt, and they head to the lake. Cinderpaw learns that she can swim, and her leg grows stronger. When Leafpool catches them, she first scolds Jaypaw, but then grudgingly admits that she is impressed with her apprentice.
:Not long after that, a mysterious loner named Sol is found by a patrol and insists on being brought to the camp. Hollypaw figures out that Sol was the "lion" that she had seen on the patrol that day, as his fur looked like that of a lion. Sol takes Jaypaw and Leafpool into the woods to tell them the sun will disappear. That night, Lionpaw can't sleep, thinking that it's Foxpaw and Icepaw's whispering, but he then scents WindClan outside the apprentice den. He emerges from the den, and sees all of WindClan there. He yowls and the cats rush into battle. Firestar eventually yells to stop, and the cats in both Clans obey. When Firestar demands what is going on, Onestar claims that his Clan is there fighting because ThunderClan ignores the warrior code and helps cats out only when they beg for it. However, WindClan leaves the camp, and Firestar tells a patrol to follow WindClan to make sure they leave the territory.
:Then, WindClan splits into three groups. The patrol returns and tells Firestar, who sends out two more patrols, and orders another to stay at camp in case WindClan invades. All three of the patrols get ambushed, and a battle breaks out. Hollypaw's patrol is almost defeated, so she is ordered by Brambleclaw to go to ShadowClan to ask Blackstar for help, while WindClan asks RiverClan for help, and soon all four Clans are fighting. Lionpaw finds Heatherpaw and Crowfeather and almost kills Crowfeather whilst trying to get to Heatherpaw because he believed that it was she who told WindClan about the tunnels from Dark River, though Heatherpaw claims it was Sedgekit. Immediately after, the ongoing eclipse of the sun reaches totality, causing WindClan, RiverClan, and ShadowClan to panic and retreat to their own territories.
:Jaypaw convinces Lionpaw and Hollypaw that they need to find Sol and ask about the prophecy. They find him outside the Clan territories in an abandoned Twoleg nest, different from the one on ThunderClan territory, and Sol tells them all he knows. Jaypaw convinces Sol to make a nest just outside ThunderClan's territory and become their 'mentor' for the prophecy. On the way back, they get caught by a ShadowClan patrol and Sol goes to Blackstar and tells the three apprentices that he was going to stay in ShadowClan. In the time between Sol's decision to stay with ShadowClan and the next Gathering, Sol has convinced Blackstar and his Clan to stop believing in StarClan. Sol and Blackstar arrive at the Gathering together and Blackstar announces he has lost faith in StarClan and won't attend Gatherings anymore.
:At the end of the book, Cinderpaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw get their warrior names, Cinderheart, Hollyleaf, and Lionblaze. Jaypaw watches the ceremony and feels happy for his siblings. He also detects a sense of pride coming from Leafpool and suspects that this is because Cinderheart has finally fulfilled her destiny to become a warrior. He then questions his and his siblings' destiny, whether their powers were meant to save or destroy the Clan.
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*This is the first book in the main series where the central cat on the cover stretches out of the circle in the middle.
*Eclipse can be seen in the Law and Order: SVU episode, "Producer's Backend", in Olivia Benson's bookshelf.:File:SVU Producers Backend Eclipse v2.png
===Author statements===
*The three chapter battle was one of the hardest scenes for Kate to write.
===Mistakes===
:A compiled list of the errors present in Eclipse can be found here.
==Publication history==
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins (hardcover), 2 September 2008
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins (e-book), 6 October 2009
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins (paperback), 28 July 2009
*Затмение (RU), OLMA Media Group (hardcover), 4 June 2009, translated by Veronica MaximovaRevealed on olmamedia.ru
* 天蝕遮月(TW), Morning Star (paperback), 30 December 2009, translated by Zhong Anzhen (鐘岸真)Revealed on kingstone.com.tw
* 天蚀遮月(CN), Future Publishing House (paperback), 1 April 2010, translated by Meng XiaobaoRevealed on amazon.cn
*Éclipse (FR), Pocket Jeunesse (paperback), 21 March 2013, translated by Aude CarlierRevealed on amazon.fr
*日食(JA), Komine Shoten (paperback), 22 March 2013, translated by Takabayashi UchinagaRevealed on komineshoten.co.jp
*Zeit der Dunkelheit (DE), Julius Beltz GmbH & Co. KG (e-book), 13 May 2013, translated by Friederike LevinRevealed on amazon.de
*Zeit der Dunkelheit (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (hardcover), 17 May 2013, translated by Friederike LevinRevealed on amazon.de
*Zeit der Dunkelheit (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (audio cd), 17 May 2013, translated by Friederike Levin, narrated by Marlen DiekhoffRevealed on a brochure from Beltz
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins (paperback; reprint), 30 June 2015
*Pimennys (FI), Art House (hardcover), 24 March 2016, translated by Nana SironenRevealed on risingshadow.fi
*Eclips (NL), Fantoom (hardcover), 31 July 2016Revealed on raaklijn.be
*Eklipse (NO), Juritzen jr. (e-book), 22 July 2016, translated by Tora Larsen MorsetRevealed on ebok.no
*Eklipse (NO), Juritzen jr. (paperback), 1 August 2016, translated by Tora Larsen MorsetRevealed on juritzen.no
*Zeit der Dunkelheit (DE), Gulliver von Beltz & Gelberg (paperback; reprint), 30 January 2017, translated by Friederike LevinRevealed on warriorcats.de
*Zeit der Dunkelheit (DE), Julius Beltz GmbH & Co. KG (audiobook), 21 February 2017, translated by Friederike Levin and narrated by Marlen DiekhoffRevealed on beltz.de 
*Eclipse (ES), Salamandra (e-book), 4 October 2019Revealed on amazon.comRevealed on salamandra.info
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins (audiobook), 3 December 2019
*Eclipse (EN), HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing (audio cd), 3 December 2019Revealed on amazon.com
*Eclipse (ES), Salamandra (paperback), 15 January 2020Revealed on salamandra.infoRevealed on amazon.com
*Zaćmienie (PL), Nowa Baśń (paperback), 25 August 2020, translated by Dorota LachowiczRevealed on empik.com
*일식 (KO), Garamchild (paperback), 20 July 2021, translated by Seo Hyun-jungRevealed on a book list by Garamchild
*일식 (KO), Garamchild (e-book), 30 July 2021, translated by Seo Hyun-jung
*Затемнення (UA), ACCA (hardcover), 23 December 2021Revealed on acca.ua 
*Eclips (NL), Storyside (audiobook), 5 July 2022, translated by Huberte Vriesendorp and narrated by Kim-Lian van der MeijRevealed on storytel.com
*Aptumsums (LV), Zvaigzne ABC (hardcover, e-book), 6 August 2024, translated by Daina OzoliņaRevealed on books.apple.com
*Zatmění slunce (CZ), ALBATROS (paperback, e-book), 2 December 2024, translated by Beata KrenželokováRevealed on albatrosmedia.cz
==Gallery==
===US covers===
PO3-4.jpg|English Language EditionReleased in North America & United Kingdom
PO3-4-FLF.jpg|English Language EditionFront Flap
PO3-4-FLB.jpg|English Language EditionBack Flap
PO3-4-3.jpg|Paperback English Language EditionReleased in North America
PO3-4-2.jpg|Library Binding English Language EditionWas never released
PO3-4-RR.jpg|English Reprint Language EditionReleased in North America
PO3-4-FC-RR.jpg|English Reprint Language EditionTextless cover
PO3-4-A.jpg|English AudiobookReleased in North America
===Foreign covers===
PO3-4-ZH-TW.jpg|Traditional Chinese Language EditionReleased in Taiwan
PO3-4-ZH-TW-FC.png|Traditional Chinese Language EditionTextless cover
PO3-4-ZH-TW-RR.jpg|Traditional Chinese Reprint Language EditionReleased in Taiwan
PO3-4-CN.jpg|Simplified Chinese Language EditionReleased in China
PO3-4-CN-RR.jpg|Simplified Chinese Reprint Language EditionReleased in China
PO3-4-CN-RR-FC.png|Simplified Chinese Reprint Language EditionTextless cover
PO3-4-CZ.jpg|Czech Language EditionReleased in the Czech Republic
PO3-4-NL.jpg|Dutch Language EditionReleased in Belgium & Netherlands
PO3-4-NL2.jpg|Dutch Reprint Language EditionReleased in Belgium & Netherlands
PO3-4-NL-A.jpg|Dutch AudiobookReleased in Belgium & Netherlands
PO3-4-FI.jpg|Finnish Language EditionReleased in Finland
PO3-4-FI2.jpg|Finnish Reprint Language EditionReleased in Finland
PO3-4-FI-A.jpg|Finnish AudiobookReleased in Finland
PO3-4-FR.jpg|French Language EditionReleased in France
PO3-4-FR2.png|French eBook Language EditionReleased in France
PO3-4-FR3.jpg|French Reprint Language EditionReleased in France
PO3-4-DE.jpg|German Language EditionReleased in Germany and Austria
PO3-4-DE2.jpg|German Language Paperback EditionReleased in Germany and Austria
PO3-4-DE3.jpg|German Language Paperback Reprint EditionReleased in Germany and Austria
PO3-4-DE-FC.jpg|German Language EditionTextless cover
PO3-4-DE-A.jpg|German AudiobookReleased in Germany and Austria
PO3-4-DE-CD.jpg|German Audio CDReleased in Germany and Austria
PO3-4-JA.jpg|Japanese Language EditionReleased in Japan
PO3-4-KO.jpg|Korean Language EditionReleased in Korea
PO3-4-LV.jpg|Latvian Language EditionReleased in Latvia
PO3-4-NO.jpg|Norwegian Language EditionReleased in Norway
PO3-4-PL.jpg|Polish Language EditionReleased in Poland
PO3-4-PL-FC.png|Polish Language EditionTextless cover
PO3-4-RO.jpg|Romanian Language EditionReleased in Romania
PO3-4-RU.jpg|Russian Language EditionReleased in Russia
PO3-3-RU-GO.jpg|Russian Language Golden EditionReleased in Russia
PO3-4-ES.jpg|Spanish Language EditionReleased in Spain
PO3-4-SE.jpg|Swedish Language EditionReleased in Sweden
PO3-4-SE-A.jpg|Swedish AudiobookReleased in Sweden
PO3-4-UA.jpg|Ukrainian Language EditionReleased in Ukraine
==External links==
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==Notes and references==
de:Zeit der Dunkelheites:Eclipsefi:Pimennysfr:Éclipseit:Eclissinl:Eclipspl:Zaćmieniero:Eclipsaru:Затмениеsv:Solförmörkelseuk:Затемненняzh:天蚀遮月ko:일식
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