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The Rise of Scourge is a original English-language manga in the Warriors series. It follows Scourge, a major character in The Darkest Hour, from his birth to when he kills Tigerstar. It was published by Tokyopop, and released on June 24, 2008.

Plot summary
The book opens with Scourge (then known as Tiny) playing with his mother and his siblings. After learning of the forest through his mother, Tiny goes to the edge of the forest, but is immediately called back by his mother. When his owners give away their kittens, Tiny is overlooked, and he decides to run away. He goes into the forest to explore, and encounters a ThunderClan patrol, and is attacked by Tigerpaw (later Tigerstar), who is held back by Bluefur.

He then ventures into a town. He tries to pry off his collar with a tooth that fell out of an aging dog's mouth, but it gets stuck in the collar. After he tells a group of cats that he took it from a dog that he killed, he is asked to fight a dog, whom he frightens away with his shadow. He then gives himself the name 'Scourge', and assumes a leadership position over the town cats. All the time, he is craving revenge on Tigerpaw. Many months later, he is asked by Tigerstar, now leader of ShadowClan for help in defeating his enemies. He uses this opportunity to get close to Tigerstar, and eventually kills him at Fourtrees, the gathering place of the forest clans, when asked to attack the other clans.