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The time has come to cover the last entry in the Tigerstar and Sasha series: Return

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This last piece of the story ties more closely into what we already knew about Sasha and

her family than either of the previous two did, which makes spoilers somewhat inevitable

if you have kept up with the series before this point.

From a writing standpoint, though, it also means that there were certain things that

simply had to happen based on what had already been said, and if the story being written

doesn't seem like it would lead to those ends…well it might end up feeling like a

clunky, disconnected, or confusing book, and Sasha's character and motivations might

I already spoke in the episode on Escape From The Forest about how her decision to leave

the boat captain and return to the clans wasn't given much of an explanation, but the meta

reason is of course because we know Sasha and her kits did end up in the clans somehow,

and let's just say that this book will have a lot more confrontations with parts of the

plot that they will have to include regardless of what the characters should or would choose.

Return to the Clans came out on June 9th of 2009, a month and a half after Sunrise, a

little over 5 months after Escape from the Forest, and the same day as another book that

Considering the comic is still written by Dan Jolley and illustrated by Don Hudson,

people who don't work on the main series books, I am glad they had 5 months rather

As with all the previous comics, this one begins with an anonymous Erin note.

This particular one explains that, as Sasha returns with her kits, she is scared they

will be taken by Tigerstar until she hears he is dead.

In a similar way to how they wanted us to feel something more complicated at Tigerstar's

death in The Darkest Hour, Sasha feels complicated about his death as well, seeing as her kits

will now grow up without the father who would have been proud of them.

She also still respects the ways of the clans, and has experienced several different walks

What will she choose for herself in the end, and what about her kits?

Well, anyone who has read The New Prophecy will know the ultimate answer but now we'll

be able to see how that decision was reached, as soon as we check in with our statistics.

Return to the Clans has a speaking cast of 26 cats, 12 of which are named, and the top

5 of those characters get 83% of the lines, even less than before.

Sasha does still have the vast majority of the lines, but she seems to be sharing the

spotlight this time with familiar characters back near the clans along with a few new faces

who get the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th amount of lines in the book: Sasha's kits.

Speaking of, it's about time we meet them, so without further ado, let's dive into

this last entry of the Tigerstar and Sasha series.

We pick up with Sasha trying to care for her kittens alone in the woods, realizing she

has to hunt every day to feed them and that prey is getting scarcer as the season turns

She contemplates whether she has done the right thing, but does believe she at least

chose good names: Hawk, Moth, and Tadpole.

She has decided that as soon as they are old enough to travel, she will take them as far

away from Shadowclan and Tigerstar as possible…like, I don't know, maybe towards a boathouse

that you lived in just a short while ago, or in the woods away from the clans that you

had to pass through in order to return here.

Perhaps this decision stems from the fact that she still wishes her kits could know

how strong and commanding their father was, and that although she has never met him again,

she does often see him in her dreams, where she turns around and refuses to talk with

One day, Sasha accidentally crosses Shadowclan's border while chasing prey and is immediately

She is worried they will recognize her or take her and her kits to Tigerstar, but she

lies and says she recently lost all her kits to the cold and they let her go.

When she gets back, she lets her curious kits explore outside a short distance, and we learn

that Tadpole is definitely the strongest and most adventurous so far, being able to climb

where his brother can't and his sister won't.

Sasha tells her kits a story of her past, including a mention of Ken.

She reflects on how her kits need her now as much as she needed her housefolk and promises

to take care of them forever, not letting Tigerstar get his paws on them.

The next day, Russetfur appears with prey for her and asks immediately if her kits are

She then lets Sasha in on some news: Tigerstar is dead.

Russetfur advises Sasha to leave with her kits as soon as possible, since any other

Shadowclan cats might want Tigerstar's kits in their own clan.

Sasha agrees, Russetfur wishes her well, and the family is left alone again.

With Tigerstar gone, Sasha feels free to think of him positively again, knowing she loved

him deeply, that he was kind and brave and that he taught her a lot…I don't know

that any of those are true from the text and I'm still unsure why she liked him in the

That night, when Sasha sees Tigerstar in her dream, she intends to talk to him, but this

Sasha thinks about how she hasn't ever told her kits about their father.

We then have a montage of her hunting over several days, fighting for food and going

further and further from the den as prey grows more scarce.

Her kits take her old collar out of the den and she reprimands them for it, but she quickly

The best she can do is take it one day at a time, lacking in Ken or Tigerstar to help

Meanwhile her kits are worried about how sad she is and decide to go find Ken for her,

When Sasha leaves for hunting, they venture out towards the twolegplace with Tadpole leading

the way, encountering many dangers along their path.

Sasha finds out they're missing and travels to try and find them.

She meets Shnuky, who also saw her kits and offers to help her find them.

The kits run into some Bloodclan cats and then some dogs and run into a house to escape

Sasha interrogates the Bloodclan cats while posing as a clan cat and gets a new lead on

It's a good thing, too, because inside the den a pipe bursts and water starts spilling

Sasha finds them and encourages them as they climb up a pole to get away from the steadily

Hawk gets up first, but Moth is having trouble.

Tadpole helps her up, but gets swept away in the current himself.

As soon as Moth and Hawk are safe, Sasha dives back in to rescue him, asking him to grab

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