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Blood and Bone. Shifting ShadowsAuthorCover artistOwen RichardsonCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenre,PublisherPublished2017-presentMedia typePrint, e-bookBravelands is a children's written by a team of authors under the pseudonym, who also wrote the series. The series follows the adventures of three animals: Fearless, a who was cast out of his pride and starts living among, Thorn, a baboon who tries to rebel against his destiny, and Sky, an whose mother was killed by a lion, gifted with a special ability to read bones. The story is set in the Bravelands, ruled by the. The first book in the series Broken Pride was released on 6 June 2017 with a sequel titled Code of Honor, released on 6 February 2018, and the 3rd book, Blood and bone, on the 2nd of October. Broken Pride shows the trio becoming close friends with each other in their attempt to answer the call of the wild.
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The series has been well received, with critics praising the realistic behavior of the characters, the excitement in the novels, and the description of the Bravelands, while at first criticizing it for its similarities to. Contents.Books Broken Pride Broken Pride is the first book in the series and was released on 6 June 2017. It begins with the Windrider hearing a roar from the cub named Swiftcub of Gallantpride, which seems to make the sky shudder. Swiftcub earns his new name of Fearless. His father, Gallant, is challenged and killed by Titan and two of his fellow dishonorable lions, who take over his pride and rename it Titanpride.
Fearless is carried away by a who drops him into a small called Tall Trees that is inhabited by an troop called Brightforest Troop. They are convinced by their female, called the Starleaf, that he is special and they adopt him and him the Cub of the Stars. A year later, two of the young male baboons, Mud and Thorn, are trying to from their current ranks in a challenge known as the Three Feats. Mud (the son of the Starleaf) is a Deeproot, the lowest position in the troop and he is trying to get to Lowleaf.
Thorn, is also a Deeproot intending to advance to Middleleaf and is also trying to advance to Highleaf, the highest position surpassed only by the troop's leader, the Crownleaf. Thorn is motivated by the fact that Berry, whom, is a Highleaf, as he will not be able to become with her unless he reaches her position. Nut, his, tries unsuccessfully to stop him but ends up stopping Mud. Meanwhile, there is something else going on with the Great Mother's herd.
The Great Mother is part of the herd called Strider and she channels the wisdom of the Great Spirit, a that rules all the animals of the Bravelands - lions, however, most do not believe in the Great Spirit though they still generally follow natural law (the Code);, meanwhile, both disbelieve in the Great Spirit and generally mock the Code. One of the elephants, Sky (the Great Mother's granddaughter), thinks that the local big is dangerous after she read her deceased mother's bones and got a vision of a sinister baboon riding a lion, while the area around them is on and the waterhole is stained red with blood. Bark Crownleaf, the leader of the Brightforest baboons, meanwhile, is murdered and evidence suggests that she died battling with a.
The new Crownleaf Grub Fearless out of the troop. Thorn accompanies him till they arrive at the waterhole, where so many more animals are gathered, and Sky sees them and starts panicking, thinking they might be the ones from her vision. Fearless finds Loyal, who was a friend of his deceased father, but he ignores the older lion's advice and ventures close to his old pride, now Titan's.
Titan, distracted by Fearless's presence, accidentally ignores the who run off with his son, Ruthless. After being persuaded by Artful, his mate, Titan makes a with Fearless that if he can retrieve Ruthless, his mother Swift can continue to stay in the safety of the pride. Fearless, with the help of Thorn and Loyal, manages to retrieve Ruthless. At Tall Trees, Grub is, with the evidence pointing to Nut. Stinger, the father of Berry and baboon Fearless first met when he first joined Brightforest, is chosen as the new Crownleaf. Thorn later realizes that Stinger himself poisoned Grub with the venom from tails put into the dead Grub ate, and he was also one who killed Bark, making it look like the hyena she fought killed her. The Great Mother is soon mysteriously murdered and found dead in the water hole.
Around her corpse, the water is stained red with blood and Sky realizes with horror that her vision has come true.Code of Honor The code of the wild has been broken. The elephant leader known as Great Mother has been murdered. And Bravelands is on the edge of chaos.
Now a young baboon, elephant, and lion must come together to discover the truth before the balance of Bravelands is destroyed forever!Blood and Bone A great has risen. A murderer baboon now leads the animals of the plains. As the elephant Sky leads her herd of many different animals in a desperate search for Bravelands’ rightful leader, the baboon Thorn is forced to flee his old troop, and the lion Fearless, once their friend, is by a tyrant.The balance of Bravelands is about to shatter—unless predator, prey, and scavenger unite as one.The beginning of the book sets off with the point of view of Windrider the vulture who tries to convince the swallow birds to stay in Bravelands with no success. In the end, they Thorn Fearless and Sky the fake Great Parent. During the aftermath Sky discovers that Loyal is in fact Fearless's and informs Fearless since he was unaware of his relationship to the now-deceased Lion (Loyal was killed during Stinger's ). Shifting Shadows A false leader has been destroyed—but Bravelands is still in great danger.Stinger Crownleaf’s death should have brought peace to the land; but no Great Parent has stepped forward, and now the fate of Bravelands hangs in the balance.
With a mysterious threat lurking in their midst, all members of the Great Herd must find the strength to walk the right path or risk the end of Bravelands forever. The Book Begins with an running for his life from unknown assailants. Thorn foresees this event with his newfound powers as the new Great-father. Thorn decides to keep his status as Great-Father a secret from everybody because he doesn't think he's the right animal for the job.
Meanwhile, at the Watering Hole, Sky and her herd are residing there for a drink. Sky is playing with one of her when Thorn stops by for leadership advice.Fearless had formed his own pride and is leading some of his pride mates on a hunting expedition.
Valor brings back some prey and another male lion named Mighty after Fearless's hunting party is unsuccessful in bringing back prey. Back at Talltrees, Brightforest Troop is under attack buy Tendril Crownleaf and her remaining troopmates.The Spirit-Eaters will be the fifth book of Bravelands and is expected to be released on February 4th, 2020.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.The Spirit-Eaters 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.Critical reception The first book in the Bravelands series Broken Pride appeared on the bestseller list. Criticizes the series for its similarities to the but writes, 'Fans of Hunter's previous series will not be disappointed, and they will be anxious for the next installment in this new series.' Gave it a starred review and writes,'Deep characters, a complex plot, rich mythology, and a stunning setting all come together to prove once again that the Hunter collective are master storytellers. Fans of Warriors will thrill at the opportunity to travel from the forest to the savanna in this brand new series.'
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Bravelands is the newest book series by starring African wildlife. It's more similar to than and in that it stars several species of animals together. The first book, Broken Pride, came out on June 6, 2017. The series is currently set to have six books in total.A lion cub named Fearless' father, Gallant, is killed by a group of rival lions. Fearless runs away and ends up snatched by an eagle. He is rescued by a baboon who takes him to his colony.
The baboons decide that he is a good omen and decide to keep him. However, after their leader is killed, Fearless is kicked out of the colony.
He returns to his pride, now ruled by Titan, and finds out that his now blind mother is in danger of being kicked out. After Titan's son, Ruthless, is kidnapped by cheetahs, Fearless strikes a deal with Titan to allow his mother to stay in the pride in exchange for rescuing his son. The two other main characters are an elephant named Sky, who can see prophecies as well as being able to read animal bones, and a baboon named Thorn who is a low-class Deeproot baboon who wants to become a part of the Highleaf caste. Thorn is in love with a female named Berry, but he can't court her until he moves up in his colony.the Russian videogame series.Books. Broken Pride (June 2017). Code of Honor (February 2018).
Blood and Bone (October 2018). Shifting Shadows (May 2019). The Spirit-Eaters (February 2020). Bravelands contains examples of:.: Artful, Titan's favorite lioness, immediately gets Fearless's contempt for being snooty and blinding his mother.: As Stinger is on the verge of death, he begs for Pear and Berry, his mate and daughter, to save him. They ignore his pleas.: The Great Spirit rules all the animals except the lions. The elephant tribe's leader, the Great Mother, can channel it.: 'Only kill to survive'.: Baboons are described as having claws a few times, which is not true; like other primates, they actually have nails, like humans.: Both Broken Pride and Code of Honor end with Stinger taking a position of power, first as the leader of Brightforest Troop and then as the supposed Great Father to all the animals of the savanna.: Titan jumps off a cliff instead of letting himself be killed by Fearless, Ruthless, and Keen.: Blood and Bone has one. Stinger is finally dead, Thorn becomes the new Crownleaf of his troop and Great Father of Bravelands, and Berry and Thorn can be together, but Titan and his pride is still running around and a lot of animals have died.: Of sorts.
When two lions make an oath, they have to scratch each other on the throat and swear to hold the bargain they make. Fearless does this and makes Titan promise that he'll let his mother live, and Titan in turn scratches Fearless and makes him promise to bring Ruthless back safe and sound.: Thorn is in complete disbelief that Stinger, the friendly and charismatic leader he had always looked up to, had broken the Code by murdering both Bark Crownleaf and Grub.: Nut is a bullying baboon who picks on Thorn and Mud for being lower-ranking baboons, as well as Fearless for being a lion. Thorn dislikes him, but even he thinks that Nut getting banished for supposedly killing Grub is too much.: Code of Honor ends with Fearless, who is now blindly following Stinger, preparing to kill his former friend Thorn.: Great Mother. Her wisdom and calm attitude has earned her the respect of many animals in the Bravelands. She's calmed down an argument between a zebra and two wildebeests, talked the rhinos down from a rampage, and agrees to let Fearless and Thorn arrange a peaceful impasse with the cheetahs.
Her death by an unknown assassin saddens her entire herd, and even the vultures willingly don't eat her body.: Like the, there are some baby animals that end up dying. One example is Sky's little cousin Moon, who ends up getting killed by Titan.: The first chapter ends with Gallant's, his daughter Valor seemingly killed, and his son Fearless chased out of the pride and left for dead.: The end of Code of Honor has Stinger elect himself as the Great Father, having murdered the Great Mother and multiple other to get there. Sky has lost Moon to Titanpride's forces, the new Great Parent has still not been decided yet (even though Sky is tasked with hosting the Great Spirit until he/she arises anew), and Thorn is being run out of his tribe and the savanna and is about to be killed by Fearless, who is now blindly following Stinger's orders.: Of a more spiritual example. The vultures in the Bravelands usually observe the carcass of a killed animal before eating it, to see if the animal was killed according to the Code or not. If so, then they eat.
If not, however, the vultures won't eat it, instead taking its bones to the Great Mother to read. When the Great Mother is murdered, the vultures completely forgo their hunger and decide to guard her body.: Fearless is bullied by some of the baboons because he's a lion.: The first book isn't particularly graphic about its violence except for Grub's death.
He eats poisoned meat and ends up dying, foaming at the mouth, partway through.: Sky, Rock, Silverhorn, and later Rush end up becoming an odd little family of. In Shifting Shadows, it's broken when they all return to their own herds, though Sky and Rock regroup, and later adopt Rush's cubs after their mother is killed, and Sky later adopts Menace.: Sky's elephant herd is said to be the most spiritual animals in the Bravelands, honoring the Great Mother (the matriarch of the herd). The elephants also love sharing stories and memories, and they all vote together on how to make a decision. They also have the ability to have visions from the bones they touch, whether it be another elephant or in the case of the Great Parent and Sky, any other animal.: In Broken Pride, Stinger accuses the stubbornly traditional Grub of being a tyrant over the Brightforest baboons, wanting to be more open-minded to change. But in Code Of Honor, he ends up becoming even more of a dictator and even more close-minded than what he accused the more conservative Grub of being.: Gallant's old friend Loyal takes Fearless in to live with him. When Fearless agrees to get Titan's son back from the cheetahs, he's irritated at the younger lion and calls him an idiot. After that, though, he uses the word affectionately.: After Titan takes over his pride, Fearless ends up getting adopted by a troop of baboons.
It turns out that Stinger gets Fearless into the troop to protect him if anyone found out about his crimes, but most of the other baboons in the troop have accepted Fearless regardless of any complaints.: Fearless ends up befriending Thorn and Mud, two young baboons low in the baboon troop's ranks. He even gets approval from their troop leader, who had found him as a cub.: It's heavily implied that the corpse that Titan was eating was another lion.: Grub is aggressive toward Fearless, but since lions can sometimes eat baboons, he can be justified.: Fearless is a lion cub who only recently received his new name.: Lions are like royalty in the Bravelands. They do not pay their respects to the Great Mother, but they do follow the Code.: Monkeys are often a nuisance to the Brightforest baboons and will fight with them over territory.
In Code Of Honor, they destroy Tall Trees, forcing the baboons to move elsewhere. In Shifting Shadows, the same troop of monkeys attack Crookedtree Troop.
And within the troop itself, Stinger's followers are also vicious bullies who torment the other troop members out of pettiness, and Stinger himself is revealed to have orchestrated multiple murders, including that of the Great Mother, in pursuit of power.: After Nut nearly causes Mud to get killed by crocodiles and shows no concern at all, Fearless attacks him. But when he sees everyone terrified, he feels ashamed from having attacked a member of the troop.: As in most works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally 'Swiftcub' (which is apparently a generic name presumably related to his mother Swift). After several months of age and showing a certain attribute, cubs are given their 'true' name.: Along with rogue animals, crocodiles usually never follow the Code. Sky even accuses them of killing the Earth Mother when she sees one swimming nearby.
It doesn't help that the crocodile is smirking while she accuses it. They end up somewhat averting this trope, though, by killing Stinger in Blood And Bone.: The cheetahs accuse Fearless of being this when one of Titan's lions shows up to retrieve his cub, when it was said that no other lions would show up in their trade-off.: 'Sky and stone!' Is the most common, though other phrases such as 'Skies above!' , 'Oh, Great Spirit', and 'great stars' are also exclaimed.: Just like its three sister-series, prophecies are a focal point. Sky is able to tell prophecies by reading animal bones.: Stinger, the baboon who let Fearless be accepted in the troop, is friendly and popular with the other baboons because of his calm and level personality.that is, until he reveals that he killed the past two troop leaders.:.
The wise and friendly Stinger is revealed to be the murderer of Bark Crownleaf and poisons her successor Grub. Also in the same book, Great Mother is murdered. In 'Code of Honor', it's revealed that it was Stronghide the rhino who murdered Great Mother, although he was set up to do it by Stinger. Loyal is actually Fearless' father, not Gallant.: Rhinos are very grumpy and scorn the elephants for having the Great Mother as their matriarch. After Great Mother is murdered, something Stronghide is (partially) guilty of, Stronghide decides to make himself a Great Father to all the animals so that rhinos get the respect he believes they deserve.
But the other animals in the Bravelands reject him.: Lions are given one name at birth, but then earn a new name at some point in their cubhood.: Fearless thinks that Ruthless is this, but the cub turns out to be grateful for Fearless saving him.: Mud and Thorn. Mud is quiet and rather shy, while Thorn is more outgoing and ready for a challenge.: In the first book, Grub is dubbed of Brightforest Troop after the previous leader is (supposedly) killed by a hyena. His rule as Crownleaf only lasts a few days at best, as a jealous Stinger Highleaf soon poisons his food. With Grub dead, Stinger is free to become the new Crownleaf.:. Thorn breaking off his secret relationship with Berry is similar to Lionblaze breaking his friendship with Heathertail in: Power Of Three. It's rather downplayed since they're in the same troop rather than different Clans, but they're on opposite sides of the caste system.
There's also a sprinkling of in 'Broken Pride': Fearless' father Gallant is murdered by another lion (like Mufasa being murdered by Scar, though Titan, Gallant's murderer, is not from Gallantpride), and Fearless runs away only to be adopted by another animal species (Fearless is adopted by baboons, while Simba lived with a meerkat and warthog). Fearless even decides to return home and challenge Titan for killing Gallant, while Simba challenges Scar for ruining the kingdom.: Sky the elephant is the very first Erin Hunter protagonist who is completely herbivorous.: The reason there are no forbidden relationships is because of a legend of baboon love gone wrong. Sunrise Crownleaf and Moonlight Deeproot (the lowest rank) become mates, but jealousy festered in the troop and fight breaks out between the different ranks. Sunrise is killed in the fight, and Moonlight dies of a broken heart. Thus, they forbid the inter-rank romances with their saying: 'Moon and sun shall never be one.' .: When the cheetahs won't give Ruthless back due to a deal gone wrong, Fearless decides that, since he would be killed by Titan if he didn't return with his son, he'll take them down with him.: Stinger loves eating scorpions and his moniker 'Stinger' comes from this.
In his words, 'the faster, the better!' He even tears the tails off of any scorpion he eats to avoid the poison.
Scorpions become a, allowing Thorn to discover who Grub's murderer is.: After Grub's murder, Stinger turns out to be quite the tyrant in Code of Honor. The first thing he's done is murder the Great Mother by setting up Stronghide to kill her, and after that, he sets up his own brand of followers called 'Strongbranches', officially disbanding the Council. He also ends up relocating his troop to a place with little food and less water, imprisoning critics who call out his kind of reign, and having the Starleaf murdered.: Thorn (a lower-ranking male baboon) courts Berry (a high-ranking female baboon), and the two become a couple despite it being against the rules. Near the end of 'Broken Pride', Thorn breaks off his forbidden relationship with Berry to save her from Stinger if he turned on her for knowing that he murdered past troop leaders.
They get back together in Shifting Shadows, but they end up breaking up again after Thorn begins to doubt their relationship and leaves the troop to embrace his destiny as the Great Father.: In Code Of Honor, Fearless ends up becoming a more cruel lion under Titan's reign, as opposed to the innocent and helpful lion cub he was in Broken Pride.: Code Of Honor sets up Stinger to be an example of this, with the other baboons and even the rest of the savanna animals being swayed by his way with words and skillful manipulation of emotions. This allows him to get away with the murder of the Great Mother, in part by framing Thorn for the crime.: Loyal asks Fearless this when growling that Fearless had made an oath he couldn't possibly keep.: Towards the end of Code Of Honor, Stinger frames Thorn for orchestrating the murder of the Great Mother. When Thorn accuses Stinger of being the real perpetrator, Stinger retaliates by pretending to have been emotionally hurt by Thorn's attempts to kill him, and thus turns the other savanna animals against Thorn.: This is Fearless' main motivation for returning to his birth pride.:. Fearless, a one-year old lion, becomes the leader of his own pride. Also Thorn, a six-year old baboon, and Great Father of Bravelands. Likewise, Berry, who's only a year or so older than him, becomes Crownleaf of Brightforest Troop.