Warriors is a series of fantasy fiction books written by Erin Hunter (a fake name that consists of five people: Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Tui T. Sutherland, and Dan Jolley). The series is about the adventures of wild cats as they try to survive in their forest homes. The cats call themselves warriors. The series is made up of six mini-series with six books in each series. The first of these, called Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, was released in 2003, starting with the book Into the Wild. The authors were not planning to write another mini-series, but they eventually began the second mini-series. The second mini-series is titled Warriors: The New Prophecy and was published in 2005. The first book was called Midnight. The first book of the third mini-series Warriors: Power of Three, is titled The Sight, and it was released on 24 April 2007. The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, began with The Fourth Apprentice on 24 November 2009. The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans began with The Sun Trail on 5 March 2013. The sixth series, Warriors: A Vision of Shadows began with The Apprentice's Quest on 25 March 2016. The sixth mini-series, Warriors: The Broken Code began on 9 April 2019 with Lost Stars. The eighth mini-series, Warriors: A Starless Clan, began with River on 5 April 2022.
Seven field guides were also released. They give more information about the cats and their history. Fourteen "Super Edition" books have been released, with two more announced to be released in 2022 and 2023. These books are about double the length of the normal books. Fifteen manga books have been released, with another to be released in 2022. These are graphic novels that tell short stories not seen in the main books.
The series focuses on five groups of cats that live in Clans, and their lives. They live by a set of rules called the warrior code. Each mini-series focuses on different characters.