of one of my favorite Warriors casts, The Sight  is a monumental step in the Warriors timeline.  

It, and Power of Three in general, cement  many of the trends that will stick around  

for the rest of the series, three point of  view characters who regularly have chapters,  

including more supernatural elements, starting  the point-of-view characters from kithood,  

and of course, inventing and including more  supplemental material in between entries of  

the main series books. All things considered,  it's a pretty good entry into Power of Three.

The Sight was released on April 24th of 2007,  once again, almost exactly four months after  

the previous book, despite the jump from Sunset  to The Sight including a shift to a completely  

different arc. This one was written by Kate Cary,  and as much as I also love Cherith's writing,  

I am very excited to see her return after her  single appearance in the last arc. Kate seems  

to focus a little more on character writing and  building out casts, while Cherith focuses more  

on enriching the plot elements. For the opening  to an arc with such a wide new cast and status  

quo change, it does seem like a good fit to give  this one to Kate. We'll see what she did with it.

In the allegiances, Graystripe is no longer listed  as deputy, and Brambleclaw has taken his place.  

Between Brambleclaw becoming deputy, Rainwhisker  dying, Sorreltail moving back out of the  

nursery and Squirrelflight moving in,  Stormfur and Brook joining Thunderclan,  

and Whitewing and Birchfall becoming warriors,  Thunderclan has 13 warriors instead of 11. But  

even despite that massive number of changes,  the real meat of the differences in this book  

come in the younger generation. As opposed to the  meager two apprentices Thunderclan had in Sunset,  

in the Sight there are 6 apprentices even  before the protagonists join them. Berrypaw,  

Mousepaw, and Hazelpaw were promoted,  apprenticed to Brambleclaw, Spiderleg,  

and Dustpelt respectively, and Sorreltail and  Brackenfur's kits have become apprentices too.  

Cinderpaw is Cloudtail's apprentice, Honeypaw  is Sandstorm's, and Poppypaw is Thornclaw's.  

However, it seems that their fourth kit,  Molekit, isn't here with them. As we learn,  

he died before this book began, though after he  got his apprentice name, Molepaw. In the nursery,  

Ferncloud and Dustpelt have two more kits:  Icekit and Foxkit, and in addition to Daisy,  

Squirrelflight has joined with Brambleclaw's  kits: Lionkit, Hollykit, and Jaykit. By the way,  

this is the first time in the series where a  queen's kits have been listed in the allegiances,  

so it's a good day for all people trying to keep  track of the nursery. Goldenflower appears to  

have passed on in between arcs, so Longtail  and Mousefur are the only remaining elders.  

For brief other notes, none of the other clan  leaderships have changed, but Tawnypelt is now  

listed in the Shadowclan nursery, and Graystripe  and Millie are listed as Cats Outside the Clans.  

This book has 70 cats with speaking roles,  a statistic I'd like to start including to  

give you an idea of cast sizes that differ across  various arcs and types of supplemental material.  

For a quick rundown, the first arc averaged a  speaking cast of 44 cats, and The New Prophecy  

had an average of 57. In other words, The Sight  beginning with a cast of 70 is a massive step,  

more than doubling the cast of Into The Wild.  This no-doubt contributes to how vast and  

lively the Power of Three cast can be. The top 10  characters here have 70% of the lines, about even  

with Sunset, and 49% of the characters, nearly  half, are she-cats that have 45% of the lines.  

Not perfect but certainly a step up from books  past. Now let's get into the plot of this book.

The prologue shows Firestar meeting with a  scarred gray tom who thanks him for rebuilding  

the lost clan and warns him of difficult times  ahead, along with giving him the arc's prophecy:  

“There will the three, kin of your kin, who  hold the power of the stars in their paws.”  

As Firestar awakes from this dream that he knows  is really a memory from before the Great Journey,  

he realizes that the three have come. We then  move to the first new point of view character:  

Jaykit, who plays with his siblings, Hollykit  and Lionkit, under the watchful eye of Ferncloud,  

who has her own, much younger kits to look out  for. Since their real mom, Squirrelflight, had  

difficulty giving them milk and wanted to do more  of her warrior duties, Ferncloud ended up being  

one of their main guardians as they grew. Jaykit,  Hollykit, and Lionkit are almost old enough to be  

apprentices, and they want to start doing things  for the clan, helping out with herbs or patrols,  

anything that would get them out of camp. Still,  as kits they are turned down, and when they learn  

that there are loose fox cubs on the territory,  they decide to sneak out of camp and track them  

down themselves, an adventure that goes quite  badly as they are chased by the foxes and Jaykit,  

after being bitten, falls into the camp. Leafpool  tends to him, along with Spottedleaf's spirit, and  

Jaykit learns that while he and his siblings will  be okay, they are all being reprimanded for their  

behavior. Leafpool also tells him at this point  that he can't ever become a normal apprentice, but  

that his perfect description of Spottedleaf could  mean he should become a medicine cat like her.  

However, Jaykit doesn't like that idea at all, and  fiercely declares that he wants to be a warrior,  

and hates being blind. Though, as we move  to Hollykit's point of view we see that not  

everyone in the clan thinks Jaykit is hopeless.  Hollykit gets angry at the idea that her brother  

would be treated as weak or pitiable considering  how competent he is at hearing, smelling, and  

sensing things. She stands up to her own father,  Brambleclaw, when he seems reluctant to accept the  

idea that Jaykit could be a normal warrior. Both  Hollykit and Lionkit truly love their brother, and  

couldn't imagine being without him. While visiting  Jaykit, Hollykit talks with Leafpool about how she  

became a medicine cat and learned about the  vast array of herbs. Leafpool tells her about  

Cinderpelt, and Hollykit likes the idea of being a  medicine cat, in command of so much knowledge and  

skill with an important role in the clan. After  getting Leafpool a couple of poppy seeds from  

the back of her store, Hollykit not-so-subtley  inquires into how she would become a medicine cat,  

but Leafpool says she hasn't decided whether  to take or who to take as an apprentice.  

Meanwhile, we learn that Shadowclan (and later  Windclan as well) have been marking their borders  

heavily recently, and that Brambleclaw kept  his confrontation with Hawkfrost a secret,  

with him and Squirrelflight taking Hawkfrost's  body to Riverclan to be mourned properly,  

and Brambleclaw refusing to share the story with  Lionkit when he was asked. After Jaykit directs  

Hollykit to some dock that he needs, Jaykit uses  this instance to convince Leafpool that Hollykit  

would make a good medicine cat, and soon after  Hollykit goes to speak with Willowpaw, who is  

visiting camp with Mothwing so Leafpool can help  interpret her dream, which finally pushes Hollykit  

into asking to be Leafpool's apprentice, an idea  that both Lionkit and Jaykit are perplexed by.  

A shocked Leafpool questions her about her  intentions and, mildly approving of them, agrees  

to speak with Firestar about it. We then jump to  their apprentice ceremony, where the newly named  

Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Jaypaw are apprenticed to  Ashfur, Leafpool, and Brightheart respectively,  

despite some cries that Jaypaw couldn't be made  an apprentice at all. Jaypaw is very upset to have  

Brightheart as his mentor, on account of her  seeming like the closest thing Firestar could  

have chosen to another blind cat. He wanted to be  normal, and this is anything but a normal pick.  

This feeling is exacerbated when Lionpaw and  Hollypaw both get to start working with their  

mentors immediately, while Brightheart takes  Jaypaw to clean out the elders den and learn  

some tips about using your other senses when you  lack sight, information that Jaypaw is already  

perfectly familiar with on account of being born  blind. He finds the experience very demeaning,  

along with Brightheart's general behavior once  she finally shows him around the territory.  

More slice of life adventures ensue, including  Jaypaw falling into the Windclan stream and  

being saved by Crowfeather, Whitetail, Heatherpaw,  and Breezepaw, Crowfeather's son with Nightcloud  

and a Gathering where Lionpaw meets Heatherpaw  and Breezepaw and Graystripe strolls in with a  

new cat, Millie. Millie is a former kittypet who  apparently helped Graystripe get here and is now  

his mate, and everyone is happy to see Graystripe,  though it brings up the question of who the deputy  

should be: Brambleclaw or Graystripe. Hollypaw  is having difficulty remembering herbs, seems  

more invested in the clan politics than treating  wounds, and actively is squeamish when she sees a  

thorn stuck in Millie's paw, which she only found  with Jaypaw's help. So she's fitting into her job  

*really* well. On the other hand, when Leafpool  takes her for a single day of battle training,  

she seems to be a prodigy and instantly seems  more energized and passionate about the exercise.  

But she is still dedicated to becoming a medicine  cat. Choosing Graystripe's side in an argument  

between him and Brambleclaw, Firestar decides to  start heavily marking Shadowclan's border too,  

and Jaypaw follows Leafpool to the Moonpool as  she consults Starclan about who should be deputy.  

Seeing that Jaypaw was able to enter her  dream and hear that it was Firestar's choice,  

Leafpool decides that Jaypaw must be a medicine  cat, but Jaypaw still doesn't like the idea.  

Firestar keeps Brambleclaw as the deputy, and all  three protagonists get in a fight with Shadowclan.  

Hollypaw does really well while Jaypaw is falling  behind as he has to rely on more quick reflexes  

with no time to analyze what his senses take  in, but working together they and Thunderclan  

all manage to beat back the warriors. Jaypaw is  disheartened and Hollypaw is especially energized,  

until she remembers that she has  to treat everyone's wounds now.  

Jaypaw is drawn to Tigerstar and Hawkfrost  in his dreams, who say they can teach him  

to fight better, but Spottedleaf comes in to  lead Jaypaw to Starclan instead and demands,  

very harshly, that he become a medicine cat.  With deep resignation, Jaypaw realizes that he  

could never escape his destiny. Meanwhile  Hollypaw is talking to Brook about her  

feelings surrounding being a medicine cat and a  warrior. Brook gently helps her consider that,  

if doing well is what she wants, she may do  better in a job that she is good at and enjoys,  

rather than one that she is bad at and doesn't.  She also assures Hollypaw that she could become  

important to her clanmates as a warrior just as  easily as if she were a medicine cat. Hollypaw and  

Jaypaw having made up their minds, they switch  careers, but Hollypaw is given to Brackenfur  

instead of Brightheart, and the she-cat is quite  hurt. Brackenfur immediately puts Hollypaw to work  

and she feels much more comfortable. Meanwhile  Jaypaw is unhappy to be cooped up with the elders  

and is getting on badly with Leafpool, who doesn't  put up with his sour attitude and expects him to  

just deal with his position as a medicine cat. He  also doesn't seem to get along with Willowpaw at  

their half-moon gathering, as the Riverclan cat  would have preferred to see Hollypaw again, and  

helps him avoid a ditch. Jaypaw doesn't like being  helped. He also finds out that Mothwing doesn't  

dream of Starclan. Yellowfang chides him for  walking in on her like that and abusing the gift  

he has, but he doesn't listen and instead looks  into every other dream around him. There's a dog  

attack in Windclan, which Brambleclaw, Whitewing,  Ashfur, Graystripe, Birchfall, Spiderleg, Millie,  

Berrypaw, and Lionpaw stop. Heatherpaw  thinks Lionpaw was brave during the battle,  

but Breezepaw is less than grateful. A sickness  spreads through camp, which Mousefur, Ferncloud,  

and Poppypaw catch. Jaypaw ends up needing  to save Poppypaw by going into her dreams and  

pulling her back from Starclan, and everyone gets  better. That whole sickness took two chapters,  

by the way. Then it's new-leaf. At the gathering,  the leaders decide to arrange a daylight gathering  

to ease tensions, where all the apprentices  can compete with each other. So they do.  

Jaypaw isn't allowed to attend despite Willowpaw  and Kestrelpaw competing, Hollypaw wins the  

sparring contest, and Lionpaw and Breezepaw end up  being buried in the earth and Jaypaw has to use a  

psychic vision to lead him to the other toms, dig  them out, and scoop the dirt from their throats to  

save their lives. Nightcloud and Crowfeather are  very grateful, and Leafpool complements Jaypaw  

on the skill he demonstrated. Then Jaypaw  reads a memory in Firestar's mind and finds  

out about the kin of your kin prophecy, which  he realizes is about him and his littermates.

This is the first book to begin  with our protagonists being kits,  

and it spends 7 ½ of its 25 chapters in that  state, in other words 30%. This is a fair bit more  

than later works involving kithood will include,  and it does get dragging at times in this book,  

but there is a benefit to it as well. With so much  time spent with our characters forced to be in  

camp, we have plenty of time to learn about them  along with their relationships with each other  

and the world they live in. These three siblings  already have established dynamics before the story  

starts, so allowing the reader to understand  that relationship as well is quite important. 

A great deal of the interest in this book comes  not from the plot, of which there is very little,  

but from the character interactions. The clan  feels a great deal richer when various cats  

get to express their political opinions on border  tensions, the number of outsiders in their clan,  

Brambleclaw's position, and more, and the other  apprentices and different parental figures in the  

protagonists' lives are all really interesting  to see. I of course have some level of bias in  

this area, having bulked up the personalities  of each of them in my head, but even as they  

are the different opinions they have about each  other, choices they make, and relationships they  

form with different protagonists help to not only  make the clan deeper, but show us more facets of  

our main characters. It's not quite like the  first arc, in that the cast is much larger and  

more varied and the story itself doesn't have  much plot to take up space, but it is a far cry  

from what The New Prophecy offered. Precisely  *because* nothing much happens, we get a book  

full of random character moments to pull from when  examining the cast of this arc, and that can be a  

really gripping experience for some people,  even without a plot occurring alongside it. 

Everyone knows this already but the presentation  in Jaykit's first few chapters is really well  

done. Nothing is described visually,  and various cats seem to think of him as  

more fragile than his littermates, but they  never outright state that he is blind. You are