Talons of Power (book)

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Talons of Power is the ninth book in the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and the fourth book in the second arc. The main protagonist is Prince Turtle.

Talons of Power follows Escaping Peril and precedes Darkness of Dragons.

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Summary

For every villain, there is a hero . . .

Turtle isn’t one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he’d use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia — instead of keeping his abilities a secret, even from his own sister. Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia’s most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role is simple: hide and stay hidden.

The other dragons at Jade Mountain Academy, on the other hand, think Darkstalker is fascinating. He charms everyone he meets, including Turtle’s most skeptical friends. They all seem convinced that the ancient dragon has changed.

Turtle isn’t so sure. The more he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, the more Turtle knows that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means . . . he might have to try to save the day himself.

Drink Fluoride

Nobody gives a shit about these crappy books. Grammar is absolutely horrible in them. Warrior cats are better--go team Warrior cats/Firestar! 

Dedication

For Adam, my OTP and the only person I would trust with absolute magical power.

Plot

Prologue

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Part Two: Rise To Power

Part 3: The Lost City of Night

Chapter sixteen starts out with Turtle following Darkstalker. Darkstalker leads the NightWings, Moonwatcher, Anemone, and Turtle to the abandoned Night Kingdom, which is located on the Talon Peninsula. They stop and rest on the outskirts of the kingdom. Turtle sees Darkstalker leaving the camp, and Turtle follows him. They enter the Night Kingdom, and Turtle feels a slight shock, probably from passing over the shield that Darkstalker creates in Darkstalker: Legends to kill any IceWings coming into the kingdom (a mountain range later revealed in Darkness of Dragons to be called Darkstalker's Teeth). Darkstalker enters the school and uses his magic to restore his portrait of Clearsight. Turtle uses a marble to get Darkstalker's attention, causing Darkstalker to think that Clearsight is there, watching him. He urges Clearsight to show herself and apologizes for putting a spell on her. Then he criticizes himself for being so sentimental and says that he can't see Clearsight in any of his futures.

When Turtle returns, he tells them he was checking on Anemone. Moon tells Turtle about the vision she had of him (the one where Turtle pins down Anemone on a beach). Moon assures him it probably won't happen. They then wake up Kinkajou and go into the Night Kingdom. Darkstalker talks about his plans for the Kingdom, mainly talking to Moon. He brings them to the palace, where he shows Anemone the room where Fathom stayed 2000 years ago. He tells Anemone to clean it up with either magic or her own talons, then leaves. Anemone angrily throws a fit, causing her to enchant a broom to whack Moon until she uses it to clean. She also enchants a pile of pebbles to turn into jewels to distract Darkstalker, and an earring to make him like her more and forget about Moon. Darkstalker storms in, and begins to scold Anemone. He freezes Moon, and Kinkajou pretends to be frozen too.

Darkstalker exiles Anemone, telling her to go kill her mother or do whatever she wants now. As Anemone flies to the Kingdom of Sea, Turtle follows her, using his piece of enchanted coral, running into few of his brothers, and he finds Coral with Auklet. Turtle apologizes to her about what happened when he wasn't able to find Snapper and that he couldn't save his sisters. But Coral tells him that Snapper was trying to leave the palace, and that's why Turtle wasn't able to find her. Coral then asks for Turtle's name and promises to remember it.

On one of the SeaWing beaches, Turtle finds Anemone. When she spots him, she gets really angry, blaming everything on Turtle. She starts to attack him, as Turtle uses his magic to fight back. Anemone is confused on how Turtle could do it, claiming that she was the SeaWing animus. Turtle confesses to Anemone that she is an animus, only because of him. He has a flashback to the time where they had the Talons of Power ceremony. Whirlpool is calling Turtle, as they go to the ceremony. Turtle is afraid that they might find out his power, and when his turn comes, he enchants Anemone to become an animus instead. Coral is delighted to see her daughter an animus. Anemone is angry and attacks Turtle. He accidentally makes himself invincible, during the fight, and he is able to end it by tying a piece of kelp to Anemone's arm and enchanting it that whenever she wears it, she can't use spells. Turtle talks to her about her soul, and about how animus dragons choose whether to be good or evil, and it's not based on the soul.

Just as soon as they get ready to head back, Turtle hears Darkstalker's voice, enchanting the room he's in to bring all the animuses in Pyrrhia. Turtle, Anemone, and Stonemover are warped there, as well as a SandWIng who immediately warps away, so nobody notices her. Darkstalker knows there is a hiding animus in the room, and he enchants a sword to bring what the hidden animus cares about most, and Kinkajou is summoned to the room. He also enchants Anemone to obey his every command and tells her to be quiet. Turtle confesses his love to Kinkajou, and she does the same but he tells him that she's only under a spell to like him. Turtle writes in his slate and sends help to Qibli, and gives his stick to Anemone. As soon as Darkstalker sees him, he immediately thinks he's Fathom. He breathes fire on Turtle and Kinkajou, angered, spits venom in his eye. He enchants Kinkajou to get out of the room and to wipe her memory clean of what just happened, although she is unaffected. She gets out of the room and Darkstalker says that it's too bad for him that he looks too much like Fathom, and takes away his animus magic, throwing him in a dungeon. Turtle knows he won't be the one to save the day, but Anemone, Kinkajou, and Qibli would come.

Epilogue

In the SandWing tribe, a group of dragons wearing bird medallions are attacking the SandWings. The SandWings are furious and think, 'Why isn't Queen Thorn protecting us?'. In the SeaWing tribe, a white light shot from the ocean and surrounded some dragonets. The dragonets said they were being attacked, by the vengeful ghost of Albatross. In the IceWing tribe, at least three dragons have caught a disease. The only known ones are Queen Glacier (who was the first to get the plague), Prince Narwhal, and Princess Tundra. Hailstorm asks the messenger if his parents are cured. The messenger says that Tundra and Narwhal are alive but getting worse and that Queen Glacier is dead.

Trivia

  • Tui T. Sutherland said on her blog that the ninth book will be the one to "rip out your heart and stomp on it."
  • Talons of Power is the second shortest book with only 290 pages.
  • The book gives another take on what may happen if animus power is used excessively, being, instead of losing your soul, you feel like your power can let you get away with anything, leading to dragons becoming willing to do terrible things, like murder.
  • Talons of Power seemed to reference a variety of things and books such as when Anemone told Turtle, "Let's go wake your sleeping beauty" and "With a cloak of invisibility".
  • The full cover shows Turtle finding Anemone before their fight that Moon had a vision of. They are at the ruins of the Island Palace, and Anemone is digging for a dagger Whirlpool had left her so she could challenge Queen Coral if she wanted to.
  • Clearsight's vision of Darkstalker wearing a crown of twisted metal points from Darkstalker (Legends) is proven to come true at the end of the book.
  • In the book, when Turtle was crossing to the Night Kingdom to follow Darkstalker, he felt a "sudden buzzing shock" when he was at the border. He also saw bones in the earth. It is likely that this is the shield Darkstalker put on the kingdom that killed IceWings.
  • The only other book with an animus's perspective is Darkstalker (Legends), with Darkstalker and Prince Fathom. This is the first and so far only main series book that has the POV of an animus.
  • Talons of Power is the second main series book with a SeaWing POV (the first being The Lost Heir).
  • On the cover, Turtle's phosphoric lights are blue, but in the book, they are described to give off a greenish light.
  • On the pre-final cover, Turtle didn't have his armband, but on the final cover, it is seen on right upper arm.
  • This is the only book cover with a SeaWing that has its phosphoric wing patterns, because, on the cover of The Lost Heir, Tsunami is missing hers.
  • Anemone is shown on the back cover, but her wing patterns are not shown. This may be because they are not spread against the sunlight, like Turtle's.
  • The paperback release might not be featuring Anemone on the back cover and only Turtle on the front just as in the Escaping Peril paperback version.

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Wings of Fire books
First Arc The Dragonet Prophecy • The Lost Heir • The Hidden Kingdom • The Dark Secret • The Brightest Night
Second Arc Moon Rising • Winter Turning • Escaping Peril • Talons of Power • Darkness of Dragons
Third Arc The Lost Continent • The Hive Queen • The Poison Jungle • The Dangerous Gift • The Flames of Hope
Fourth Arc The Hybrid Prince
Legends Darkstalker • Dragonslayer
Winglets Prisoners • Assassin • Deserter • Runaway
Graphic Novels The Dragonet Prophecy • The Lost Heir • The Hidden Kingdom • The Dark Secret • The Brightest Night • Moon Rising • Winter Turning • Escaping Peril • Talons of Power • Darkstalker
Other A Winglets Collection • Winglets Flip Book • The Winglets Quartet • Forge Your Dragon World • Official Coloring Book • A Guide to the Dragon World • How to Draw • Official Stained Glass Art Book

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