Cats of the Clans
Cats of the Clans is a field guide in the Warriors novel series. The novel itself consists of biographical details and paintings of the most notable cats. The information is given the form of stories told to three StarClan kittens. The narrator is Rock, a mysterious hairless blind cat.
The book has sold more than 150,000 copies.
Plot
In the introductory chapter, "Three Lost Travelers", the kits Mosskit, Adderkit and Blossomkit have wandered from their home in StarClan, the afterlife of Clan cats, to Rock's home, in the far unknown. Rock tells the three that they did not live long enough to learn about their Clanmates, so he will answer their questions about the cats they left behind. Rock describes himself as "the keeper of the world beneath the one your former Clanmates walk."The remainder of the book consists of Rock's stories about each Clan, and descriptions of various cats within the Clans. Rock describes major events in the cats' lives, and often comments on why the cat is special or acted as they did. There are also stories about a few cats from the Tribe of Rushing Water, SkyClan, and BloodClan, in addition to some "loners" and "kittypets".
Format and content
All text is written in first-person point of view with Rock as the narrator. He is talking to three kits, and often makes direct reference to them.The introductory chapter is two pages long. Each Clan introductory chapter is also two pages long. These are followed by two-page spreads for each cat discussed; text is on the left page and a full-color illustration is on the right page.
The book also contains four maps and an excerpt from ''Eclipse.''