The Dangerous Gift

The Dangerous Gift is the fourteenth book in the New York Times bestselling series Wings of Fire and the fourth book in the third arc. The main protagonist is Queen Snowfall. It was released on March 2nd, 2021. Additionally, the B&N Exclusive Edition of the book came with a poster of Jerboa and a baby Jerboa III.

It is preceded by The Poison Jungle and will be followed by Book Fifteen.

Summary

A wall can't protect them anymore …

Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe — while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong.

It's a perfect and simple plan, backed up by the Ice Cliff wall and every bit of IceWing magic Snowfall can gather. Perfect, that is, until a storm of unidentified dragons flies in from the ocean, looking for asylum.

The foreigners are completely strange and, Snowfall is certain, utterly untrustworthy. But as she escorts the miserable new tribes out of her kingdom, the young queen is forced to reconsider her plan. Maybe she can only keep her tribe safe … if she's willing to risk everything.

Quote on back

"The lost continent isn't real!" Snowfall cried.

"Unless it is real, and we're about to get hundreds of visitors to prove it!" Lynx was nearly dancing on her claws. Snowfall wanted to drop a mountain on her.

"What if they have extra-murdery superpowers we've never even thought of?"

"We can't worry about that until it actually happens," Lynx said.

"Yes, we can!" Snowfall cried. "I'm worrying about it right now!"

Dedication

For Benjamin — welcome to the family!

And for the Pyrrhia-Pantala AU, with hugs and awe for all your amazing dragons.

Plot

Prologue

The prologue is set some time after the LeafWings fled Pantala. Swordtail woke up and remembered the events of the past day, along with how the two armies at the river had burned the Poison Jungle and how he had been looking for Cricket and was unable to find her. He saw Blue asleep and as soon as he went to wake him up, the othermind took over Swordtail's mind.

Part One: Blizzards and Buried magic

Snowfall hears about the SilkWings and LeafWings flying towards her kingdom. Lynx appears out of nowhere and she goes with her to see these mysterious dragons. At first she thought they were SeaWings or RainWings or NightWings. But it turns out they are from Pantala. Before they get there, she puts on old animus enchanted items such as the gift of strength, the gift of vision and the gift of stealth. She goes with 5 guards, but disguises the IceWing army with the stealth enchantment. She reveals them and flies the dragons to the SandWing kingdom. She falls asleep and has a dream that she is Atala. She doesn't tell anyone about it.

More flying in soon...

Epilogue

Raven is seen going to the abyss to give Vole some food. It's said that she and Mole are the only ones who dared approach him, since he has tossed others into the pit before. Vole asks if she can hear the whispers, and she responds that she can't understand what it's saying. He says that it's growing and it will soon need a dragon. She attempts to ask for details, but he remains vague, telling her to bring "the" dragon to the pit to save the village or everyone she knows will die.

Trivia

• Tui stated that someone (a "she") knows more than she appears to.
• Tui stated that three characters from Dragonslayer are in The Dangerous Gift, one of them being Wren.
• This book reveals why animus magic is not working.
• Barnes & Noble has an exclusive edition, which will include a poster inside the book jacket.
  • The poster included inside is an artwork of Jerboa and a baby Jerboa III.

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