Bamboo Kingdom · Book 4

The Dark Sun

by Erin Hunter

Published
1 January 2023
Pages
249
ISBN-13
9780063022119
Type
novel

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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.

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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