

The Crownleaf of the Brightforest baboons is murdered, and evidence suggests that she died battling a hyena. One of the elephants, Sky, thinks that the local waterhole is dangerous after she read her deceased mother's bones and got a vision of a sinister baboon riding a lion, while the area around them is on fire and the waterhole is stained red with blood. Meanwhile, there is something going on with the Great Mother's elephant herd called Strider. Nut, a bully, tries to stop him, but ends up stopping Mud instead. Thorn is motivated by the fact that Berry, whom he loves, is a Highleaf, and he will not be able to become mates with her unless he reaches her position. Thorn is also a Deeproot, intending to advance to Highleaf. Mud (the son of the leader, Crownleaf) is a Deeproot, the lowest position in the troop and he is trying to get to Lowleaf, a higher rank. They are convinced by their female prophet, called the Starleaf, that he is special and they adopt him and nickname him the Cub of the Stars.Ī year later, two of the young male baboons, Mud and Thorn, are trying to move up from their current ranks in a challenge known as the Three Feats. His father, is challenged and killed by Titan, a rogue male lion, who then takes over his pride and renames the pride from Gallantpride to Titanpride.įearless is carried away by an eagle who drops him into a small forest called Tall Trees that is inhabited by an olive baboon troop called Brightforest Troop. The story begins with Swiftcub, son of the pride leader, Gallant, earning his adult name, Fearless. Broken Pride was released on 6 June 2017.
