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A little while later, Peril is left alone with Clay . . . and Turtle. Peril asks Clay what he wants her to do. He replies that 'he won't be another Scarlet and tell her what to do'.
A little while later, Peril is left alone with Clay . . . and Turtle. Peril asks Clay what he wants her to do. He replies that 'he won't be another Scarlet and tell her what to do'.


Peril figures out what Clay really wants: his friends and academy to be safe. The only way to do that was kill Queen Scarlet, so she sets off through the mountains, with an annoying Turtle who supposedly didn't even have half the stamina Peril did. A little while into their expedition, they were ambushed by the four members of the Talons of Peace (Cirrus, a MudWing, Nautilus, and Avalanche), who didn't know who they were or if they were conspiring with Scarlet.​ After the Talons members confirmed that everyone was on the same side, Turtle and Peril were allowed to continue on to Possibility to find the rest of the [[Jade Winglet]].
Peril figures out what Clay really wants: his friends and academy to be safe. The only way to do that was kill Queen Scarlet, so she sets off through the mountains, with an annoying Turtle who supposedly didn't even have half the stamina Peril did. A little while into their expedition, they were ambushed by four members of the Talons of Peace (Cirrus, a MudWing, Nautilus, and Avalanche), who didn't know who they were or if they were conspiring with Scarlet.​ After the Talons members confirmed that everyone was on the same side, Turtle and Peril were allowed to continue on to Possibility to find the rest of the [[Jade Winglet]].


=== Part 2: Possibility ===
=== Part 2: Possibility ===

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"In this one, you’ll be finding out a lot more about Queen Ruby and Turtle, discovering the identity of that mysterious NightWing from Winter Turning, spending a little time with almost every dragonet who’s already had a book, meeting a very irrepressible young SkyWing, and, of course, getting inside the head of Peril, who might be Pyrrhia’s craziest dragon (my little psychopath with a heart of gold!) (sure, that’s a thing).  :)"
— Tui, from her blog
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Escaping Peril is the eighth book in the Wings of Fire series. The official release date was Tuesday, December 29, 2015, with the cover released on the Scholastic Wings of Fire forums on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Tui T. Sutherland has said that the protagonist is a SkyWing, and was eventually confirmed at an event that it would be Peril.

Escaping Peril follows Winter Turning and precedes Talons of Power.

Teaser

Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain Academy, Peril sets off to find her former queen, stop her, and save the day, no matter what it takes.There's just one problem: a strangely persistent SeaWing, Turtle, insists on coming along too. Turtle is worried about his friends, who left to search for Scarlet and haven't returned. Peril is worried that she might accidentally burn Turtle -- or burn him on purpose, for being so annoying -- and frustrated that she keeps saying and doing the wrong things. She can't escape her firescales, and she can't escape her reputation as deadliest dragon in Pyrrhia. So when she's offered a chance to trade everything for a new life, Peril has to decide who she's really loyal to . . . And whether her own scales might actually be worth saving. Check it out!

Book Synopsis

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Prologue

The prologue takes place just before the brightest night, from the point of view of Princess Ruby. She recollects the last time she saw her sister, Princess Tourmaline, 3 days ago. Tourmaline had been planning to take the throne from Queen Scarlet, with the intention of ending the war. However, she mysteriously vanished the next day without telling Ruby or any other dragons she was going anywhere. While wondering if Scarlet killed Tourmaline, Ruby is called by Scarlet to meet in the throne room. She enters to find several other SkyWings already assembled there, and is told to stand between her brothers, Vermilion and Hawk. Vermilion snorts at her, but Hawk smiles. Ruby wonders if Hawk is acting friendly because he knows she will be dead once she challenges Scarlet. Scarlet then tells the crowd about the SkyWing egg that was stolen to fulfill the prophecy. Her guards carry in all the eggs that were to hatch on the brightest night at her request, and she reveals Peril, who is a very young dragonet at this time. Scarlet declares Peril her future champion, and demonstrates her power by giving her a SkyWing egg to hold. The dragonet inside dies, and the egg burns. Scarlet then tells Peril to touch all of the other eggs, and they are also burnt. The crowd is horrified by this demonstration, and Ruby sees this as proof that she cannot take the throne from Scarlet. It is now that she wonders if Peril killed Tourmaline, and seems to subconsciously blame Peril for the loss of her sister.

Part 1: Scales of Fire

Queen Ruby has come to Jade Mountain Academy to perform the proper SkyWing death rituals for Carnelian. Clay instructs Peril to stay inside her cave until she leaves, but Peril (under the impression that Clay had come) leaps into the hallway, nearly bumping into Turtle. He prompts her to eavesdrop on the Carnelian proceedings. They hear a loud roar, and Peril assumes that Queen Ruby was just told of Peril's presence in Jade Mountain. Queen Ruby starts yelling at the Dragonets of Destiny, but is interrupted when Scarlet arrives.

Peril, The Dragonets, Turtle, and Queen Ruby go to confront Scarlet. Scarlet appears to be holding the head of Queen Glory, and then proceeds to throw it at the gathered crowd. Sunny is left screaming in horror while Tsunami gets extremely furious, and chases after Scarlet. Ruby demands why she is in the mountains but Peril claims that the queen can't keep her away from her friends.

Clay, Ruby, and Peril study the head but when Turtle has a look, he recognizes the head as an enchantment. Scarlet had apparently decapitated a MudWing and enchanted its head to look like Glory's. They are shocked that it had been the work of an animus, because there are very few known animus dragons in Pyrrhia. Queen Ruby decides to take the head to Queen Moorhen to identify whose it was.

A little while later, Peril is left alone with Clay . . . and Turtle. Peril asks Clay what he wants her to do. He replies that 'he won't be another Scarlet and tell her what to do'.

Peril figures out what Clay really wants: his friends and academy to be safe. The only way to do that was kill Queen Scarlet, so she sets off through the mountains, with an annoying Turtle who supposedly didn't even have half the stamina Peril did. A little while into their expedition, they were ambushed by four members of the Talons of Peace (Cirrus, a MudWing, Nautilus, and Avalanche), who didn't know who they were or if they were conspiring with Scarlet.​ After the Talons members confirmed that everyone was on the same side, Turtle and Peril were allowed to continue on to Possibility to find the rest of the Jade Winglet.

Part 2: Possibility

Peril and Turtle stop for dinner, and Turtle shows her how to catch fish without burning them. Peril discovers that Turtle has been rolling a rock between his shoulders, which she thinks is a bit odd, but decides that SeaWings have some ability to heal themselves with river rocks.

The two continue on toward Possibility, and repeatedly catch glimpses of a strange NightWing. When they finally reach the town, Turtle suggests that Peril travel underwater so that she doesn't burn any other dragons, which turns out to be a good tactic. However, when she comes out of the water, a dragonflame cactus explodes at her feet. The explosion doesn't severely injure any dragons, but it does lead Qibli and Moonwatcher to Peril and Turtle.

Once Turtle leaves to go see Kinkajou, Peril gets a bit upset and flies into the desert, where she runs into Winter and Foeslayer, who are traveling back to Possibility. Winter seems enraged to see her, and accuses Peril of conspiring with Scarlet. They fight, and Peril accidently burns Winter when he tackles her. Turtle comes rushing to the commotion along with the others, and is revealed while healing Winter to be an animus, just like two of his sisters. Everyone is surprised by this, but Turtle assures them that he is perfectly fine at the moment. Moon then tells Peril about the prophecy, and Peril discovers that they think the first part is about her. She flies off in a fit, and runs into a SkyWing decked out in jewelry. He claims that he is her father, Soar. He tells her to follow him, and leads her right to Queen Scarlet. After Scarlet rips off Soar's necklace, he is revealed to be a RainWing named Chameleon with invariable scales, who grudgingly hates RainWings for banning him from the Rainforest due to his scales. He admits to being the one who harmed Kinkajou, because she was a RainWing, and probably would have laughed at him like the rest of his tribe. He tells Peril about his animus powers, and offers to give her an enchanted necklace of chains that can remove her firescales. Peril agrees, and under the enchantment, becomes loyal to Queen Scarlet, assisting the former SkyWing queen to take back her kingdom.

Part Three: A New Peril

Scarlet, Peril, and Soar enter the Sky Kingdom, and many SkyWings they pass are still afraid of Peril, because they do not know of the enchantment. They enter the hatchery, and Scarlet asks for her grandson, Prince Cliff.(unfinished)

Trivia

  • Instead of following the title pattern of a character name and then a gerund, Escaping Peril is the other way around.
  • Escaping Peril will be the second book with closeup of a character (Queen Scarlet) other than the main character. The other book being Moon Rising, with a close up of Turtle on the cover.
  • Some Barnes and Nobles stores in the U.S. had Escaping Peril unboxed since December 22. 
  • In the first release of the cover of Escaping Peril, Peril's eyes were white, which was later changed to blue for the final book cover, Peril's actual eye color.
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