Winter Turning (book)

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By Joy Ang

Winter Turning is the seventh book in the New York Times bestselling series Wings of Fire. It was published on June 30th, 2015. The main protagonist of the book is a male IceWing dragonet named Winter, a prince of the IceWings, who first appeared in the sixth book, Moon Rising.

Winter Turning follows Moon Rising and precedes Escaping Peril.

Description

Daring mission..... or deadly mistake?

Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his entire life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.

Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.

Plot Synopsis

Prologue

The book begins two years earlier from Hailstorm's POV. He is taking his younger brother, Winter, out flying to find a scavenger den near SkyWing territory. Winter becomes increasingly worried, the farther out they go, worried that they're going to get caught by the SkyWings; but Hailstorm assures him that he could fight off a couple of SkyWings if they did get caught, and they were doing this for Winter's "weird little obsession." Hailstorm continues to boast about his position in the Ice Kingdom and being second-in-command of the IceWing army.

Suddenly, fourteen SkyWings swoop down from the sky, prepared to take the two IceWing princes. Hailstorms threatens to kill the SkyWings that dare to come close with his frostbreath, but the main SkyWing in front doesn't care. So he makes a deal to let Winter go and just take him instead. Winter is completely against the idea and tries to be brave and stay with Hailstorm, so his older brother starts insulting him and calling him useless, knowing that was the only way to get Winter to leave. Finally, the SkyWings let Winter go and knocks out Hailstorm.

Later, when Hailstorm wakes up, he realizes he's face to face with Queen Scarlet. A strange SkyWing is standing near the Queen's throne. Scarlet tells her that Hailstorm was dangerous and he needed to be imprisoned. So the SkyWing turns and approaches him, making the IceWing prince feel cold with fear; and when she reached him, she reached for something around her neck. Hailstorm, too hypnotized by her eyes to move, couldn't run. He noticed that her eyes weren't SkyWing eyes anymore. Her eyes were black and they were going to swallow him whole.

Part 1: A Cold Wind

Winter, Moon, Qibli, Kinkajou, and Turtle are discussing how they will go about rescuing Hailstorm from Ex-Queen Scarlet. Winter, not wanting all of them to go, quickly tricks Turtle to go off to take care of Anemone. Qibli then tells Winter that it will be harder to get rid of the rest of them. The group decides to go to the RainWing kingdom to find Icicle. Qibli reasoned that Icicle would go to the rainforest to get Queen Glory who is hated by Ex-Queen Scarlet for what Queen Glory did to her in the first book, The Dragonet Prophecy. After landing next to a river, Winter accuses Moon for reading his mind, when she comments on how he must hate it there because of the heat. Qibli was about to eat an orange toad, but Moon stopped him and offered him a dragon fruit.

Winter mentioned how he hates fruit. Queen Glory was upset that she got a message from the school saying that four five-year-olds were going off to find some dragon (Icicle) who just tried to kill Starflight, and then stop someone else who had tried to kill Queen Glory and Starflight many times (Ex-Queen Scarlet). Winter explains that he came to search for his sister, and he requested that no one got in his way. Glory told him that they were more than capable, then offered him a banana. Winter declined the fruit, and a RainWing, Heliconia, appeared, claiming not to be the RainWing, Banana. Glory asks Heliconia to get the scout captains to meet at the pavilion ASAP. Heliconia says that she should stay to guard Glory, but Glory says "I think seven guards are quite sufficient" (Winter Turning, 54). Deathbringer says there is no point in a secret, invisible guard if the Queen tells everyone about it. After starting a game of "hide-and-seek" with RainWing dragonets, Winter freezes a hole in the wall, and the four of them jump through. Kinkajou explains that they wont give up until they have searched every inch of the "wingery". Moon leads the way through the trees. Winter plans to ditch them and go home, or find Icicle, but fails to execute the plan, because Moon alerts the group to a search party. The group hide under a nearby fallen tree.

After the search party leaves, Winter wonders if Moon was right, that he did have a confusing mind. He remembers his first rankings test, with Hailstorm and Icicle and wonders why his Winglet was risking their lives for him. He wonders if he could ditch them now, as they were distracted. Kinkajou reprimands Winter, telling him "The words you're looking for are thank you,". Winter decides maybe it's better to follow them, just for a little while longer. They later come up to the secret NightWing island tunnel. The group marvels at how Kinkajou survived being a NightWing prisoner, and how she doesn't hold a grudge against them. They find a huge dragon that got caught in the volcano and died with it's talons up, most likely Morrowseer. Winter tells the story of Prince Arctic and Foeslayer, and how she kidnapped the animus dragon. They later had eggs, and one of them was Darkstalker. Each IceWing could only use their animus magic once, to create a gift for the tribe. Moon hears a sccccccccrape sound, and they follow it, only to discover Icicle.

Icicle is in a horrible condition. Her wounds from Jade Mountain Academy haven't healed, she's covered in blood, and she hasn't slept at all, to avoid seeing Scarlet in her dreams. Icicle explains that she would sit by the lava when she got tired, and the heat would wake her up. Kinkajou attacks Icicle because she insulted Queen Glory, but right before Icicle kills her, Glory comes up with a tranq dart, and arrests Icicle for "murder and attempted murder." As Icicle tries to fight sleep, Winter tells her to make Scarlet tell her the truth, and that if she does, Winter will kill Glory. Kinkajou admits to leaving a trail for the queen to find them. Qibli asks Moon if she can get into Icicle's dream and find out what Scarlet is telling her. Moon says she's trying, but that she's sleeping to deeply to dream.

When Winter walks up, Moon tells Winter that Scarlet has left. Winter then asked Moon if Icicle was alright, and if Scarlet said anything about Hailstorm. Moon says that she trusts that Winter won't kill Glory, because if Winter does, then that would start a war between the IceWings and Glory's two tribes. Moon states that she thinks that Winter won't kill any dragonets, and that Winter doesn't just think about himself, that he thinks about his tribe too. Winter says that sometimes he only knows one thing: that he won't hurt Moon. Kinkajou then comes up behind Winter, and says she figured it out. Moon follows Kinkajou into the pavilion, as Winter calms himself. As Winter steps in, he sees Kinkajou under the firefly jars. Moon draws a picture of a mountain that she saw behind Scarlet from a dreamvisitor. No one recognizes it, but Moon says it will be easy to track Scarlet down, now that they know she is near a really odd shaped mountain. Kinkajou comments on how awesome Moon's powers are.

Part 2: In the Claws of the Clouds

Deathbringer can't identify the mountains that Moon saw, but tells them that the Talons of Peace might have a SkyWing that can. The four dragonets and Deathbringer head off to find them, and pass by a scavenger den. The scavengers try to hit Qibli with a weapon, most likely a cannon, but Winter tells them to move so that they don't get hit.

After explaining how the weapon worked to Qibli, Winter is attacked by Squid. Riptide, who had followed Squid,tells him to leave the dragonets alone. He can't identify the mountains either, so he calls other dragons, including Cirrus the IceWing and Pyrite the SkyWing. Winter doesn't remember Cirrus, because Cirrus had been in the Talons of Peace before he was born. Pyrite remembers the mountains, and offers to lead them to it. Winter touches her scales and identifies her as an animus dragon.

While everyone is asleep that night, Winter tells Moon about his theory. Moon tells him that Pyrite thoughts are all basically the same thing, as if she didn't think anything else. They wonder if she could be the part of the prophesy; "She who is not what she seems."

In the morning, they see the mountain peek and find one of Scarlet's scales. Scarlet also visits Winter's dreams that night and tells Winter that she is going to kill Hailstorm. Moon, Qibli, and Winter head off to find Scarlet and see her and an unfamiliar NightWing. Scarlet decides she no longer has any use for Hailstorm and sends the NightWing to go get Pyrite. Pyrite is nessicary in the death of Hailstorm.

The trio follows the NightWing as he throws Kinkajou across a tree. Moon and Winter spray fire and frostbreath on him, until he flies away. While Moon is seeing to Kinkajou's wounds, Winter takes off Pyrite's special necklace. When he does, Pyrite turns into Hailstorm. A SkyWing animus made a disquise where if you put the necklace on someone, they forget their old life and become a female SkyWing named Pyrite. Hailstorm has no memories of the past two years, and tries to remember more, but it is difficult for him. Their reunion is cut short when they recall Kinkajou's current state.

The trio takes turns carrying Kinkajou to Possibility, a town in the SandWing kingdom. Moon and Kinkajou are taken to a MudWing doctor named Mayfly. Hailstorm, Qibli, and Winter wait in the garden, where they dissassemble Pyrite's necklace. Winter tries it on, and ultimately regrets his choice. Winter forgets everything about being an IceWing until Qibli takes the necklace off.

Winter decides to take Hailstorm back to the IceWing kingdom. Before he leaves, he tells Moon that they were never friends, and he could never trust a NightWing. Then him and his brother leave to the Ice Kingdom.

Part Three: Beneath the Ice

As they go to the Ice Kingdom, Winter explains the Great Ice Cliff for Hailstorm to remember. He says it was animus touched that if any dragon from another tribe were to pass, it would attack them except IceWings. They return to the Ice Kingdom with Narwhal furious explaining that there was the dragon they never wanted to see again and the dragon they thought they would never see again. Then he finds the circle ranking and sees Icicle and the last circle and they claim it was his fault. Narwhal was about to put Winter in seventh but reconsidered because of bringing back Hailstorm he puts him in first and Hailstorm in last. Winter decides to stay a little longer. But being placed in last circle, Hailstorm chose the Diamond Trial to get his ranking up. Glacier gets them them both a Moon Globe to go in the diamond caves. She says whoever finds the frozen dragon statue, will be the winner and the other will die.

Hailstorm and Winter go deep into the ice caves, where Hailstorm reveals that he'd been told all about the contest in advance, and that it was all rigged. He awakens Foeslayer, and then proceeds to re-kill her. He and Winter discuss how Winter can't go back to the Ice Kingdom, and Winter offers to leave forever. Once Hailstorm returns to the surface as the winner, Winter reawakens Foeslayer. She tells him that she didnt steal Prince Arctic, they fell in love with each other. Winter frees her, and she offers to take him to the old Night Kingdom.

Epilogue

Darkstalker listens in on the thoughts of various dragons at Jade Mountain. He learns that Onyx is planning something with some old dragon, and thinks about how the possible futures will play out and if they will work to his advantage. He also learns about who might be the leading character in Talons Of Power.

Trivia

  • Instead of The _ _ title pattern for the book titles, Moon Rising and Winter Turning appear to follow a pattern of the main character's name and a gerund.
  • This is the third book where the dragon on the cover is not flying, the other two being The Dark Secret and The Lost Heir.
  • In Winter Turning is the first mention of an IceWing animus.
  • Instead of a preview to Escaping Peril, Winter Turning has the special edition letter seen in The Brightest Night.
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