Bamboo Kingdom · Book 4

The Dark Sun

Published
1 January 2023
Pages
249
ISBN-13
9780063022119
Type
novel
Cover of The Dark Sun

About this book

The Dark Sun closed out the series' busy 2023 as its fourth book, running 249 pages -- shorter than each of its two immediate predecessors -- as Rain, Leaf and Ghost's conflict with the mountain's other animal societies keeps widening.

Key facts about The Dark Sun

The Dark Sun is a novel by Erin Hunter. Readers have had it since 2023. It runs to 249 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Dark Sun. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780063022119 to find the main one.

The Dark Sun is book 4 of 6 in the Bamboo Kingdom series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Creatures of the Flood (2021).

Additionally, Erin Hunter writes Warriors, Warriors Super Edition and Seekers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, Chasing Shadows is the latest published Erin Hunter book on file, from 31 March 2026.

About Erin Hunter

Erin Hunter is the name behind Warriors, Seekers, and Survivors — bestselling series of animal-adventure novels for young readers that follow wild cats, bears, and dogs living by codes of clan loyalty, survival, and nature red in tooth and claw. See every Erin Hunter book in order.

Its place in Bamboo Kingdom

The Dark Sun is book 4 in the Bamboo Kingdom series. It follows Journey to the Dragon Mountain. It is followed by The Lightning Path. See the full Bamboo Kingdom reading order.

A catastrophic flood sweeps three young pandas -- Rain, Leaf and Ghost -- away from their families and out into a wider, wilder world than any of them knew existed, forcing them to survive on their own and find their way home through territory ruled by unfamiliar animals and older legends. Erin Hunter turns the animal-fantasy formula toward pandas and the wider creatures of a fantastical Chinese-inspired mountain kingdom, weaving in dragon mythology and ancient prophecy alongside the survival-adventure plotting…

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