预视力量 (2007)

《预视力量》（The Sight）是英国女作家艾琳·亨特的系列小说《猫武士》的三部曲《三力量》中六集的第一集，于2007年4月24日由Happer Collins出版。中文版于2009年10月1日由晨星出版社出版。

剧情摘要

将有三只猫儿，你至亲的至亲，星权在握!

总有一天，他们的力量会强大到连星族都要臣服!

“有入侵者！”警告声如野火燎原，在族群之间蔓延开来。狮爪身边的猫儿全都警觉地竖直毛发，绷紧神经，随时准备跳上去迎战。

最靠近入侵者的风族猫儿立刻将他们团团包围。

风族猫会杀了他们吗？狮爪转头去看巨橡树，好奇族长们会怎么做。

火星的毛发倒竖，连尾巴也竖的笔直。他竖直耳朵，不断嗅闻空气。

“等一下！”

风族猫儿当场僵住，往后退了几步，留下那两个入侵者独自站在外缘。狮爪伸长脖子想看清楚里面的状况。

这时火星突然语带怀疑地讶声喊出那个狮爪只在育儿室的床边故事听过的名字。“灰条！？”

封面人物是小冬青(后来的冬青爪、冬青叶)、小狮(后来的狮爪、狮焰)、小松鸦(后来的松鸦爪、松鸦羽)。

The Sight is a children's fantasy novel. It was published on 24 April 2007, and it is the first installment of the Warriors: Power of Three series by Erin Hunter. The book was recommended as Children's Summer Reading by the Washington Post Children's Book Club.

Plot summary

In the prologue, it is revealed that near the conclusion of Firestar's Quest, a prophecy was sent to Firestar by a cat in StarClan. After a report of a fox and her cubs loose in ThunderClan territory, the three kits, Lionkit, Hollykit, and Jaykit, secretly leave camp and try to track down the foxes and help their Clan. They end up in trouble, but are saved by a patrol. A few moons later, Hollypaw becomes Leafpool's (the medicine cat) apprentice; Lionpaw becomes Ashfur's apprentice; and Jaypaw becomes Brightheart's apprentice.

At a Gathering, all Clans have little to report. In the middle of the Gathering, two unknown cats appear. The Clans realize they are Graystripe, with a new friend, Millie. Graystripe was thought to have died when humans took him away in The New Prophecy. Instead, he managed to escape with the help of Millie, and found the new home with the help of Barley and Ravenpaw. It turns out all of the forest was destroyed. The Clans leave, and Graystripe and Millie return to ThunderClan, exhausted.

The return of Graystripe causes another problem. Firestar appointed Brambleclaw as the new deputy, assuming Graystripe had died, yet Graystripe was still alive. To help make the decision on who should be deputy, Firestar sends Leafpool to the Moonpool to talk with StarClan. Leafpool is told that Firestar needs to make his own choice. Jaypaw follows her and when Leafpool sees him, she is amazed. In the end, Brambleclaw stays as deputy since he knows the Clan (and the new territories) better.

When a battle with ShadowClan breaks out, Jaypaw can only defeat an enemy apprentice with the help of his sibling, telling him where the enemy is. Hollypaw finds the thrill of battling better than chewing up bitter herbs. Jaypaw likewise receives a dream from StarClan telling him he must become a medicine cat, because he has a gift to walk in other cat's dreams. Hollypaw and Jaypaw decide to trade roles, with Jaypaw becoming Leafpool's apprentice, with Hollypaw, Brackenfur's apprentice.

At the next Gathering, a dispute breaks out between the Clans. To solve the argument, Squirrelflight shares an idea: to have a special Gathering, just once. Each Clan would have their apprentices compete in different contests; tree climbing, hunting, and fighting.

Jaypaw is upset that he can't compete, and while staying behind at the camp, he has a vision. He is choking on earth and smells badger and fox. He is scrabbling desperately with his paws, until he realizes that he is seeing through Lionpaw's eyes. It turns out that, while competing, Lionpaw and Breezepaw fell into a collapsing badger set. Luckily, Jaypaw got there in time to save them along with Crowfeather. The leaders decide that since every Clan won at something, there would be a tie and no Clan would win.

In the end, Jaypaw walks in Firestar's dream and hears the prophecy, "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws." Realizing that he and his siblings are the cats described in the prophecy, Jaypaw suddenly thinks "One day we will be so powerful that we shall command even StarClan!"

Critical reaction

The Sight quickly mounted #1 on all major sales charts, including the New York Times Best Seller list. It was recommended as Children's Summer Reading by the Washington Post Children's Book Club. Booklist gave a positive review saying, "As in previous books, personal tensions are juxtaposed against dangers from the outside. Plenty of action and solid characterizations make this an enticing choice for fans of the long-running enterprise."

Awards

The Sight was nominated as the best Middle Readers book at Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2007), and placed sixth out of the ten nominees, with six percent of the total votes.