Warriors The New Prophecy

Eco-warriors still chasing rainbow

The secretive shipyards of Bremen in northern Germany are where Russian oligarchs and Silicon Valley billionaires go to have their fantasies (and insecurities) made into yachts.

But at the Fassmer yard on the banks of the River Weser a different kind of £16 million ($32 million) dream boat is taking shape.

It is a dream that began more than 25 years ago, when Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior was sunk in the Waitemata Harbour by bombs planted by the French secret service.

The determination then, from environmental activists worldwide, was that "you can't sink a Rainbow".

Greenpeace has since become perhaps the world's most recognisable and sophisticated eco-charity. But its ships - converted trawlers and gas guzzlers - have never quite lived up to its green aspirations. That is where the dream comes in.

The new Rainbow Warrior III will be among the most environmentally advanced ships of its size at sea.

The boat - "don't call it a yacht!" I'm told - is nearly 60m long and under the scaffolding the distinctive dove of peace and childlike red-and-yellow-and-pink-and-green rainbow is visible on its hull.

At the beginning of next month, when the ship is baptised, twin 50m masts will be hoisted on its deck to carry 1200sq m of sail. A hybrid engine will be needed for only about 10 per cent of its operational power.

Everything about it, from the paintwork to the insulation, has been designed with sustainability in mind. Each component comes with transparent ethical sourcing. Below deck will be one of the most sophisticated communications operations anywhere on the ocean. The boat is also required to have something not mentioned in the hundreds of pages of specification: a soul.

This particular tricky fixture is very much rooted in its history. On one level Rainbow Warrior III is the inspired result of some of the latest thinking in sailboat technology from world-leading - mainly Dutch - computer modellers and wind-tunnel obsessives.

On another it is the latest fulfilment of an old Native American prophecy: "There will come a time when the earth grows sick, and when it does a tribe will gather from all the cultures of the world who believe in deeds and not words. They will work to heal it ... they will be known as the 'Warriors of the Rainbow'."

When Greenpeace activists in Britain thought of taking a ship to bear witness to some of the more blatant acts of ecological destruction - from whaling and oil exploration to nuclear testing and industrial fishing - in the remote oceans, only one name could do it justice.

Warriors: The New Prophecy By Erin Hunter | 5H Home Reading

A connection that was made was that all these cats were fighting survival against “monsters” (cars vehicles, construction cars especially) that were tearing up the forest and destroying the 4 camps of the 4 clans. In life we tear up nature and animal homes to build our own homes and not realizing until now that we have been destroying wildlife.

This series is about 4 cats who received a dream that told them to go and talk to Midnight. The 4 cats went along and surprisingly met at 4 trees but 1 extra cat from Thunder Clan and River Clan tagged along. For some reason midnight did not tell them what to do. The next night Brambleclaw had a dream sent by Star Clan to go to sun-drown-place to find midnight. The 6 cats joined together and traveled to the sun-drown-place together and received on the way that told them that they were going in the right direction. If you want to know more about anything read the book  or post a comment.

There is no transformed thought because all of those are in the Warriors series.

The order of these books go :

If you like mystery or suspense this is definitely the series for you!

Warriors: The New Prophecy Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6

Warriors: The New Prophecy #3: Dawn

Warriors: The New Prophecy #6: Sunset

Warriors: The New Prophecy #4: Starlight

Warriors: The New Prophecy #2: Moonrise