he befriends one named Hoke. Later, when observing the ice harvesters, he watches enemy owls engage them in battle. Lyze, Moss, and Thora become cadets, their early days punctuated by a traitorous cadet kidnapping Orf, a famous blacksmith, and their rescue of him. Lyze later meets a spirited female cadet named Lillium (Lil). Once allowed to go home, Lyze witnesses the hatching of his sister, Lysa, and instantly takes to her. However, she dies in a forest fire and their next sibling, Ifghar, does not captivate Lyze and often teases him. While at the academy, Lyze develops the idea of flying with Kielian snakes, using snow leopards on the ground, and using a special launcher to shoot burning metal spikes, though they abandon this last idea when they accidentally shoot a snow leopard. The war is hard-won, with Lil's death and Lyze breaking one of his talons, which leads to him biting it off, and one eye damaged so that it squints, leading to his distinctive appearance in the earlier books. Books in the series Guardians of Ga'Hoole The Capture (June 1, 2003) The Journey (September 1, 2003) The Rescue (January 1, 2004) The Siege (May 1, 2004) The Shattering (August 1, 2004) The Burning (November 1, 2004) The Hatchling (June 1, 2005) The Outcast (September 1, 2005) The First Collier (April 1, 2006) The Coming of Hoole (July 1, 2006) To Be a King (October 1, 2006) The Golden Tree (March 1, 2007) The River of Wind (July 1, 2007) Exile (February 1, 2008) The War of the Ember (November 1, 2008) The Rise of a Legend (2013)Announcement on Kathryn Lasky's website. Legends of Hoole- The story of the Ga'hoole tree The First Collier (2006) The Coming of Hoole (2006) To Be a King (2006) The legends are a part of the Band's experiences. A spin-off series of three books were planned, titled Legends of Ga’Hoole. However, the books were not published as a new spin-off series; instead the books were moved to the original Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, with the titles unchanged. They were numbered as books 9, 10, and 11 of the series. The advance copy editions show the subtitle on the covers, although the final editions were not released with this feature. A prologue and an epilogue were added to each book—in which Ezylryb instructs the Band to read the Legends hidden in a secret room