The Spirit-Eaters

***Spoiler Warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.*

***The Spirit-Eaters*** is the fifth book of the *Bravelands* series and was released on February 4th, 2020.[*citation needed*]

Heed the call of the wild with the fifth book in a new action-packed animal fantasy series from the #1 nationally bestselling author of *Warriors*.

## Synopsis

*True evil has come to Bravelands . . . only hope can drive it out.*

*The Great Spirit has returned, and the baboon Thorn hopes to guide Bravelands to peace as its Great Father. But when a pack of rogue wolves begins to target the Great Herd, every animal must unite to defend the code of the wild against those who would watch it burn.*

*Set in an epic new world and told from three different animals' points of view, Bravelands will thrill readers who love Spirit Animals and Wings of Fire, as well as the legion of dedicated fans who've made Erin Hunter a bestselling phenomenon.*

## Plot Description

Great Father Thorn is seen on the mountain in the beginning of the tale. Sky Strider has come to ask him for advice about the rogue wolves.

Most of what Thorn does in this book is try to cope with being Great Father, and deal with the problems of the animals. He tries to help Dawntrees Troop, but Berry Crownleaf, his mate, shuns his help, saying that he is trying to undermine her authority and that he is just making everything worse. He is appealed to by the crocodiles of the Muddy River Bask, because the hippos have been crushing their eggs. The hippos blamed the crocodiles for killing one of their children, and thought they were avenging themselves. Although the crocodiles do not believe in the Great Spirit, the hippos do. Thorn goes to the river to try to find out what really happened, and interrupts the second of the Three Feats. He realizes that, aside from the normal danger of crocodiles, the hippos are making it far to dangerous to risk. He tells Mango, who is in charge, to call off the feats. Berry is sent for, and she is enraged that he is interfering with her troop again. When she arrives, Thorn cuts her off, showing her a young baboon that he just rescued from being drowned by a hippo.

Sky helps Thorn be Great Father, until she feels a need to return to her family herd. She travels to the baboon-shaped mountain with her brother, Boulder, and his herd. When she reaches her herd, Breeze is giving birth to a calf, whom she names Horizon. A young bull elephant named Forest asks her to be his life-mate at the Plain of Hearts, but Sky refuses, knowing she is still betrothed to Rock, the Code-breaker that she loved. He killed an elephant named River, apparently shoving her into a ravine. Sky realizes that the ravine is very close to where she is, and decides to figure out what really happened. She takes the cheetah cubs, Nimble and Lively, and finds the ravine. The cubs climb down into the ravine, to get one of River's bones for Sky. While she is waiting for them, a herd of buffalo stampede towards the elephants.

## Trivia

* The characters on the front cover are Lively and Nimble, the two cheetah cubs of Rush, and Sky Strider the elephant.
* The name of Sky's mother is revealed to be Mist in this book.
* Sky's grandmother, Great Mother, was named Sun before she carried the Great Spirit.

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