The Lost Continent (book)

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Template:SpoilerTLC Template:Infobox Book The Lost Continent is the eleventh book in the Wings of Fire series and the beginning of the third arc. Amazon's current release date is June 26th, 2018. The prologue will be set 2,000 years ago, taking place at Clearsight's arrival on the lost continent of Pantala, and was revealed through the Scholastic forums to be from Clearsight's point of view. Clearsight mates with a SilkWing named Sunstreak. After that, the book takes place around the time of Darkness of Dragons, from the point of view of a male SilkWing named Blue. It has also been confirmed that the main protagonist of the book, Blue, will be a resident of Pantala and that it will take place there. This was confirmed by Tui T. Sutherland at the Darkness of Dragons launch party [1]. On the Scholastic forums, Tui revealed that the dragon on the cover is from a new tribe called the SilkWings and that there are three new tribes in all, the SilkWings, LeafWings, and HiveWings, with the LeafWings being claimed to be extinct.

Summary

Everything is about to change.

Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember — SilkWings and HiveWings live and work together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a dangerous LeafWing in years.

Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue knows things are going to change. Luna will have her wings and her silk, be assigned a partner and a work order, and move to another Hive. A few days later, Blue's own wings and silk will come in.

But nothing could prepare Blue for what happens when Luna's wings start to grow. Suddenly his world is turned upside down, throwing him into dangers he never knew existed. Pantala isn't as peaceful as it seems, and Blue isn't safe. Whether he's ready or not, it's time to adapt — and fight for his life.



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Prophecy

Turn your eyes, your wings, your fire

To the land across the sea

Where dragons are poisoned and dragons are dying

And no one can ever be free.


A secret lurks inside the eggs

A secret hides within their book.

A secret buried far below

May save those brave enough to look.


Open your hearts, your minds, your wings

To the dragons who flee from the Hive.

Face a great evil with talons united

Or none of the tribes will survive.

Plot

Prologue

The prologue begins with Clearsight flying through a hurricane. She has two visions in her head, one of where she waits the storm out on a safe island, and another where she made it to the Lost Continent. The latter, to her, is more important, and she ignores the vision of safety. As she is flying she sees a hut pass her, splintering to pieces. Finally, she reaches Pantala. Upon her arrival, two dragons emerge from the trees. One is a brown-and-green LeafWing, the other a primarily gold SilkWing. The SilkWing knows a bit of “Dragon," and Clearsight gets basic communication across that they need to evacuate quickly. She warns them about the hurricane that is coming, and after the dragons discuss her in their language, they agree to evacuate their territory. They bring her to their home, where they announce to their two tribes her arrival. Once there, she witnesses many new futures. Finally, as they fly to escape from the storm, she tells SilkWing that she comes from a land called Pyrrhia, and he tells her this is Pantala.

Part One: In The Cocoon 

Blue is thinking about his society and how perfect he thinks it is. He also thinks about Luna, his sister, who is starting her Metamorphosis. The next day, he wakes up when Luna bounds across the web and starts shaking him. Luna keeps annoying Blue about her Metamorphosis, which is that day. Blue reminds her that it would take another five days for her wings to actually grow. Luna's wingbuds were already starting to unfurl. There are also signs of her silk coming in, with her palms and wrists glowing like trapped fireflies. They say goodbye to Silverspot, who says she will try to be there for Luna’s Metamorphosis, but her mistress might not let her out of spite. Blue notices a strange expression cross her face, and Blue guesses that for some unknown reason she thinks she will never see Luna again.

Blue walks across the silk webs connecting the hives with his sister, Luna. They make it to the hive entrance and they wait there. Blue sees a mural on the wall of HiveWings and SilkWings flying together in a bright blue sky. The mural is also covered with warning posters about the LeafWings. Luna sees him looking at the posters and they talk about LeafWings. After, they make it to the security entrance and a HiveWing named Hawker asks for their names. Blue holds out his palm, it has a B for his name and a B and A for his parent's names under it. He has a brief flashback to the day they put the markings on him. Hawker then examines the dull bronze colored cuff on Blue’s other arm. Hawker looks at the markings of his school inscribed on the metal; Silkworm Hall. Hawker remarks that it’s Luna's Metamorphosis today, and comments that Luna will get a new wrist cuff after her metamorphosis, which makes Blue slightly melancholic. Hawker lets them enter the hive, and after Blue and Luna walk down a bit down the hallways until they were out of Hawker's earshot, they started giggling.

They walk to the open market of the Cicada Hive. Luna wants to go to the Sugar Dream, the shop with the best honey drops, but Blue protested and said to go to Droplets, as SilkWings weren't welcomed in the Sugar Dream. They decided to go to the Sugar Dream because it was Luna’s Metamorphosis day and she wanted to do everything she loved while she was still a dragonet. When inside the store Luna asked for two honey drops, but the shopkeeper named Chafer rudely says he needed to serve his other customer. Two HiveWings, one of them called Weevil and the other Lady Scarab, enter the shop. Weevil rudely tries to poke Luna’s wing buds but she jumps away from him so Blue allows him to touch his wing buds instead. After Weevil and his friend leave, Luna asks politely for their honey drops, but he said he needed to serve Lady Scarab first. Lady Scarab interrupts, saying she would like Chafer to serve Luna and Blue. Chafer refuses, so Lady Scarab let out a horrible smelling scent. Chafer is horrified and served them their two honey drops.He begs Luna and Blue to leave and doesn't even mind if they didn't pay him. Lady Scarab advises Blue and Luna to choose a more SilkWing-friendly shop next time. Luna discusses with  Blue about the HiveWings, saying they should fight back. Luna comments that her wrists started to hurt but Swordtail and his sister Io didn’t mention that their wrists started to hurt before Metamorphosis. Blue suggests to take her to a doctor, but Luna refuses, saying she didn’t want a HiveWing doctor to poke at her. They walk to the Mosiac Garden, which is the only place in the hive that is open to the sky. It is also at the top of the hive.

Afterwards, they go to the Cocoon near the bottom of the hive, where all SilkWings go for their Metamorphosis, a process in which they spin a cocoon and emerge with their wings. The Structure itself bears many weavings, a feature resulting from newly emerged SilkWings making a weaving as a thanks. Blue tries to distract Luna from her nervousness by asking what weaving she is going to make. She replies that she isn’t sure yet. Many bored-looking guards arrived, and Blue jokes that Luna is popular, but he is worried because of the unusual number of HiveWing guards. Swordtail, Io, and Burnet come, looking worried at Luna. 

Luna starts her metamorphosis, and flamesilk starts coming out of Luna's wrists, (a rare gift inherited by her missing father, Admiral.) Io notices the flamesilk and guesses that Blue has flamesilk too. HiveWing guards see the flamesilk and come to take Luna. Io warns Blue about how the Hivewings will capture him next and tells him to run. Blue doesn't want to, but Io carries him away. They try to not be noticed, but the guards see him. Queen Wasp mind controls all the HiveWings and tells them to capture Blue. They are cornered, but Io uses her silk to help Blue escape. Cricket appears and tells him to follow her. Blue realizes she is a HiveWing. They talk about the mind controlled HiveWings, and flamesilk.

Blue suddenly feels woozy and collapses. Cricket says his wristband probably injected him with a toxin to make him slower and therefore easier to catch for the Hivewing guards.  Then Cricket unscrews a lamp that has flamesilk in it, using the flamesilk to cut the wristband. Blue soon passes out from the toxins already in his bloodstream, waking up to Cricket urgently shaking his shoulder. Blue and Cricket hide in the passageway Blue came from to avoid the soldiers coming into the library. After they leave, Blue makes sure that the soldiers are all gone from the area using his antennae. While doing so, he slowly comes to the realization that he has fallen in love with Cricket. They continue to converse about Flamesilks, and Cricket eventually decides to help Blue escape, rescue Luna, and free Swordtail.

Part Two: Out of the Hive

Blue and Swordtail fly all the rest of the night, swooping low when the moon shows, just to make sure they're hidden from the HiveWings. Later on, the trio fly within sights of Wasp Hive, and decide to find somewhere to hide. After a brief search, they find a hole that seems to have no bottom. When they slide down and start to explore, they come across an underground lake with a rope attached to an object in the center. Blue wonders who was in this place before them, and why they would need a rope if they had wings. After walking a bit farther, Blue sees a cavern with supposed firelight, which he is afraid contains flamesilk. It turns out to be a scavenger-like creature. It ends up being scared off by the dragons, and afterwards they take a break while Swordtail sleeps. 

After a rest, the gang wakes up and continues their journey. Swordtail is now himself again, and the trio have an argument about the true nature of HiveWings. Unfortunately, since the stimulant has worn off, Swordtail cannot carry Blue anymore. Swordtail suggests that Blue should climb up the wall, even with the thought making Blue nervous. As Cricket tries to come up with a plan, Swordtail warns Blue about falling in love with Cricket, but he replies that he believes it was too late already. Cricket consults the two for her plan, which is to lift Blue up into a crevice so he can wait the day out there. They react with apprehension about another day being wasted, but they eventually agree. After Blue reaches the hole, Cricket curls up with him and they discuss the Distant Kingdoms as a possible place to flee to, even though Blue thinks that it isn't really real. Suddenly, they hear two HiveWings fly by on a patrol, but they fly away after a short stop. When night falls, the group starts off towards Wasp Hive. 

Part Three: Metamorphosis

Blue is dragged through the Hive tunnels by five dragons dispatched by Queen Wasp. Blue guesses that the other brainwashed subjects are off searching for Cricket and Sundew. Blue wonders if they got away and if they are alright. They put him in with all of the other Flamesilk SilkWings and he meets his father, Admiral.

Epilogue

Luna wakes up on wet sand. When Luna tries to stand up, one of her back ankles twinges and twangs horribly. She doesn't know how far away she is from Pantala. Jerboa II approaches her, and Luna asks what she is. Jerboa is glad that she speaks Dragon. Luna asks where she is, and Jerboa II introduces herself. Luna learns that she traveled over to another continent. Jerboa II takes Luna to her hut so her wounds can heal, and Luna explains she needs to get back to Pantala. Later, Moon and Qibli enter the hut. She describes Moon as the “Clearsight looking dragon” and Luna explains to them that they need to stop Queen Wasp. She learns that Moon can see the future but not as well as Clearsight could. She tells them that they need to figure out how to get her home especially Moon, whom Luna calls “vision dragon”. She feels triumph run through her veins as Moon could be the secret weapon the LeafWings and SilkWings need.



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Trivia

  • The name of the lost continent, Pantala, comes from the genus of dragonfly Pantala, much like the name of the "original" continent, Pyrrhia, comes from the genus of moth Pyrrhia.
  • The continent of Pantala was revealed during the Darkness of Dragons launch party.
  • New characters from the Pyrrhian tribes will appear in the third arc.
  • Umber and Sora will be involved in the third arc.
  • Moon and Qibli will be involved in the third arc.
  • The rest of the first arc, and second arc dragonets will be involved in the plot.
  • Tui said we would take a break from animus magic in the third arc since it was becoming too overwhelming in the plot.
  • The prefinal cover was discovered on December 25th, 2017.
  • This is the third book in which the title is above the protagonist on the cover, the others being The Dragonet Prophecy and Moon Rising, which are also the first books of an arc.
  • When Clearsight arrived on Pantala, the dragons there spoke a different language and very limited "Dragon." Tui stated that in current times, they speak "Dragon," with limited knowledge of the old language.
  • There are three new tribes: LeafWings, HiveWings, and SilkWings.
  • This is the fourth book in which the protagonist on the cover does not have an intimidating or negative expression on their face, the first being Moon Rising, the second being Darkness of Dragons, and the third being Darkstalker (Legends). The expression is thought to be worry, sadness, or fear.
  • Tui has stated that Peacemaker will not have a large role in the storyline.
  • A good amount of this book, including the prologue, epilogue, tribe guide, and many other pages, was leaked on Amazon prior to the release. Many pages from the middle are missing.
  • There is a Barnes & Noble exclusive edition with the dust jacket printed on both sides. The overside is the traditional cover with embossed logos and quick excerpt on the back, and the underside is a poster with the Wings of Fire logo printed on the upper left corner and Cricket added to the picture.
  • The Lost Continent book cover depicts Blue as having wings. However, he doesn't enter Metamorphosis until the last chapter.
  • This is the first book to have a dust jacket printed on the inside of the cover. It is also the second book to have a dragon on the cover that is a future protagonist.
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References

  1. ↑ http://wingsoffire.scholastic.com/forums/topics/290060


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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