The Poison Jungle (book)

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(This is the page for the book titled "The Poison Jungle." You may be looking for the location instead.) Template:Infobox Book The Poison Jungle is the thirteenth book in the Wings of Fire series and the third book in the third arc. The protagonist is Sundew.[1] It was officially released in the USA on July 30, 2019.

The Poison Jungle is preceded by The Hive Queen and is followed by The Dangerous Gift. The book cover was released on January 31st, 2019.

Summary

Some secrets are deadly.

It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala.

Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiting for a dragon-like Sundew, who is uniquely qualified to bring down the Hives.

There are dark secrets in the jungle, though - some that Sundew is keeping, and some that she's only just beginning to discover. And now that a new war is upon them, Sundew and her friends must unearth the oldest secret in the jungle - even if what they find has the power to destroy them all.

Quote on back

"It's easier when you grow up knowing what to avoid," Sundew said. "Nowadays we only lose a few dragons a year to the carnivorous plants."

"The what now?" Swordtail said. "CARNIVOROUS WHATS?"

"Yeah, you will probably get eaten," Sundew said with a shrug.

"Do we have to go to the place with certain death?" Blue asked.

"Yes, because it's my home," Sundew said. "And also the only place you'll be safe."

Dedication

To Hazel

Plot

Prologue

The prologue was set before the Burning of Bloodworm Hive and showed the dragons who had planned it: Bryony, Hemlock, Pokeweed, and Grayling. They talked about the fates of the SilkWings, worrying about them, but ultimately decided to go ahead with burning Bloodworm Hive. 

Part One: Roots and Sprouts

Sundew led Blue, Cricket (who was holding Bumblebee), and Swordtail through the Poison Jungle to the LeafWing village, trying to protect them from the dangerous fauna. Swordtail asked Sundew if the rumors about the dangers of the jungle are true, and Sundew responded that they were. She also noted that Queen Wasp had sent expeditions to the Poison Jungle - the rumors came from the HiveWings who survived and returned to tell the tale. She also said that Wasp once tried to burn down the Poison Jungle but failed. Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail continued to argue about entering the jungle, but Sundew said that they do not have a choice. She warned the group not to touch anything that she had not touched first. They took a passage through some makahiyas and moved across a branch, but Swordtail leaned down to sniff at a pink flower that turned out to be a Venus Dragon-trap underneath them. It pulled him off of the branch and swallowed him whole.

Cricket and Blue panicked, while Sundew was angry that Swordtail didn't listen. Blue attempted to get Swordtail out, but Sundew pulled him back and told him not to touch. She shouted at Swordtail to stop thrashing since the plant would release him if he were motionless, but he continued to struggle. Cricket suggested slicing the venus dragon-trap open to get Swordtail out, but Sundew told her that they had adapted to resist attacks from dragon claws and that they grow in clusters so if somebody tries to help they will also get eaten. Before she could do think of anything to do, Blue shot a strand of flamesilk at the Venus Dragon-trap. Sundew yelled at Blue and then put out half of the fire with water from nearby bromeliad leaves. In an attempt to put out the rest of the fire, she used her leafspeak to grow a chokecherry tree up to her height. She grabbed the chokecherries from the tree and smeared them on burning branches, stopping the fire from spreading any further. Cricket helped by getting more water, and eventually, the fire was put out completely. The venus dragon-trap holding Swordtail was dead, so Blue flew down and attempted to cut open the plant. Sundew yelled at Blue for nearly setting the jungle on fire, but they got Swordtail out of the dead plant. Sundew, Blue, Cricket, Swordtail, and Bumblebee got back on the branch to avoid the other carnivorous plants around them. Sundew yelled at the group again, reminding them that the Poison Jungle is dangerous and that they should all listen to her. They continued along for a while, with Blue feeling guilty, Swordtail muttering under his breath, and Cricket holding Bumblebee. Cricket finally asked whether Sundew made the tree grow, and she was forced to reveal her powers.

They continued towards the LeafWing village until Sundew heard Mandrake, a LeafWing. She went over and saw him trying to kill a panther while his father, Wolfsbane, and his sister, Nettle, watched disapprovingly. Sundew made a thorn bush grow in the way of the panther to kill it, and revealed herself to the three LeafWings. Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail came down, and Wolfsbane and Nettle became hostile, but Sundew explained that Blue and the others were helpful. Nettle and Wolfsbane left to inform Commander Belladonna, while Mandrake volunteered to stay with the group. He introduced himself as Sundew's fiancé, which prompted questioning from Cricket as to whether he was the one true love that Sundew had mentioned previously. Sundew was mad at herself for saying that to Cricket. They arrived at the LeafWing village and discovered that the flamesilk used to burn the hive was Blue’s. This devastated Blue, because he had been against the burning all along. After Belladonna treated them like prisoners, Cricket and Blue started to wonder whether they could trust Sundew.

Near midnight, Sundew snuck out, across the border towards the SapWing Village. She remembered meeting her girlfriend Willow for the first time, and after some time Willow arrived at their designated meeting spot. Sundew told her about her mission and the plant that Queen Wasp used for her mind control. This shocked Willow, and the old LeafWing queen, Queen Sequoia, appeared out of the undergrowth. She asked Willow and Sundew to follow her to the SapWing village, where Sundew told the Queen everything and showed her the mind control plant. Queen Sequoia asked them to meet with her in the morning, so Willow took Sundew to meet the two SeaWings that she had rescued, Princess Tsunami and Prince Turtle. There was a SilkWing there as well, who turns out to be Swordtail's sister Io. Sundew met them and found out that they came because of Luna, who had washed up on the shore of Pyrrhia. Belladonna arrived, and the queen invited her to a meeting. Belladonna brought Cricket and Swordtail along with her, and Swordtail was finally reunited with Io. Tsunami told them that Luna was alright, while Belladonna and Queen Sequoia argued about the future of the tribe. The LeafWing queen got down to business, and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Legend of the Hive?"

Part Two: Tendrils And Teeth

The legend is about when the dragon race first arrived on Pantala thousands of years ago. As described by Queen Sequoia, every time the stated went on the continent, swarms of insects would come and attack them. It went from insects to mammals, to basically anything. And they all moved as one; as if they were a singular being united by one mind. Queen Sequoia sends Cricket, Willow, and Sundew to find Hawthorn, a LeafWing who watches the Breath Of Evil (the plant that allows Queen Wasp to mind control HiveWings). Belladonna told Sundew to bring Nettle and Mandrake -- despite her protests and grudge against the former -- in addition to the group of Cricket and Blue, who chose to bring Bumblebee with them. On the trip, Nettle falls and gets trapped in a pitcher plant and they end up cutting it with a thorn to death. Later they came across dangerous obstacles of carnivorous plants. They all fly across one by one until Sundew and Bumblebee were left. Sundew took Bumblebee across safely until Bumblebee screamed "BEEBUF" and landed on Sundew’s face. Blind, Sundew ironically got trapped in a sundew. Sundew yells at Bumblebee while Willow is panicking. It turns out that Bumblebee got scared of a big tsetse fly that was hovering above Sundew’s head. According to Cricket’s studies, tsetse flies love the color blue. Sundew made Bumblebee throw blue butterfly wings on the sundew and Sundew used her leafspeak to convince the plant to eat the fly instead of them (telling it flies are good but dragons make it sick). Then they made it across and the map has squiggly short lines. They get confused until Cricket takes a closer look and sees the lettering that said "Den Of Vipers". When they walked in they spotted Dragonbite Vipers above them, behind them, and on their sides staring at them. They weren’t dead, but they were just standing there, paralyzed in place. Once they were almost out the vipers moved and cornered them. It turns out that the snakes were mind-controlled by Hawthorn. Hawthorn then invited them inside for tea. They argue about going with him, but eventually decide to go with him.

Part Three: Leaves in a Storm

Nettle, Sundew, and Cricket leave Bumblebee with Tsunami and then head out towards the LeafWing camp with the antidote, called the "Heart of Salvation". When they get there, they talk with Queen Sequoia and Belladonna about their plans to distribute the Heart of Salvation into the HiveWing army. They convince Blue to let the LeafWings use his flamesilk, and he agrees on the terms that Belladonna and Queen Sequoia don’t use any of it to harm another dragon. While Blue and Swordtail head with the other LeafWings, Sundew sleeps for the night. When she awoke, she told Mandrake that she wouldn't marry him. Mandrake and Sundew decide to grow more of the antidote. Cricket joins them, wanting to help harvest it. As Sundew tries to reach it, she mentions feeling a kind of barrier, making it harder for her to talk to it. When it finally grows, it turns into the breath of evil, which was disguised as the antidote. Sundew tells Mandrake to stop, but it was too late. As they decide what to do, Hawthorn appears on the other side of the river, with Willow beside him. A Dragonbite viper had its fangs poised at her neck ready to strike if necessary. As Sundew, Mandrake, and Cricket land, vines wrap around their talons, trapping them. Sundew realizes that it was the plant talking through Hawthorn, as he tried to soothe them into taking the Breath of Evil. Cricket tries to distract Hawthorn by asking how the plant worked as Sundew tried to find something to grow that could happen. Sundew finds a sundew in between Willow and Hawthorn and tells it to grow and eat the viper and Hawthorn. It works, but once Hawthorn was caught, he tried strangling Cricket since she had distracted him, while at the same time, attempts to use his leafspeak to free himself of the plant. But Willow came up behind him with a thorn, which she used to kill him. Afterward, they cut the vine, which then retreats away from the dragons. The group retreats to the village, meeting Cobra Lily’s patrol and telling them to go back. Back in the village, they tell others about the current situation and the Othermind. Hazel then finds a secret page in the Book of Clearsight's back cover which is discovered to be a map from Pantala to Pyrrhia. They plan to use this to escape the continent. Io comes in, saying they have to save the rest of the SilkWings, and Sequoia's great-granddaughter being the new queen reluctantly lets her have a copy of the map, allowing Turtle to make a copy. Io, Cinnabar, and several other SilkWings prepare to leave, but before they take off, Sundew asks them to bring Hemlock, Bryony, and Pokeweed with them in they can to save them from the mind control. Suddenly, a LeafWing guard crashed into the pavilion to warn the group that Wasp and her army were setting the jungle on fire. Hazel then tells her tribe to evacuate to the coast, and Mandrake proceeds to organize the PoisonWings into groups for the evacuation. Willow then approached Sundew and asked why she was not organizing her tribe herself. Sundew told her that she believed Mandrake would be better at the task at hand. After some prodding from Willow, Sundew admits that she does not want to run away from the Othermind, and she is extremely angry about it. She is caught off guard when Willow says that she is also angry about everything that has happened to them. But she then tells Sundew that not every dragon deserves her anger, despite Sundew's protests. She finally agrees with Willow, and the two lovers profess their feelings for a moment, as Sundew struggles with the numerous emotions in her head. Willow also mentions that Sundew needs to run to prevent the Othermind from using her leafspeak to spread. The two dragons then take off with the rest of the LeafWing Tribe, following the map towards the Distant Kingdoms. As they go, Sundew thinks about how they will come back to Pantala once they find help, and deal with the Othermind once and for all.

Epilogue

Jerboa flies down to meet with Queen Snowfall somewhere south of The Great Ice Cliff and is berated by Snowfall for being late. Jerboa lands and responds, saying Queen Glacier was usually the later one. She notices Snowfall flinch at the comment and wonders if she might have a heart after all. Snowfall then requests Jerboa to make the Cliff surround her kingdom, to stop an invasion from somewhere other than the south. Jerboa tells her that no one is interested in invading the Ice Kingdom, but she insists they may want to attack the IceWings as Darkstalker did. She then tells Jerboa that one of her scouts had spotted the hundreds of Pantalan dragons fleeing from The Othermind, and is convinced they want to invade the Ice Kingdom. Jerboa tells her that she shouldn't assume they want to invade and that maybe they need help. Jerboa refuses Snowfall's request and Snowfall says that Glacier could have done so much more with her power and that she should've told Snowfall they had Jerboa's power earlier. Jerboa says she's not her animus dragon and reveals that animus magic has stopped working all over the continent. When Snowfall asks for proof, Jerboa enchants a stick to make anything it touches green, but it does not affect herself or the rock next to her. Snowfall calls her useless and flies away in a rage, and Jerboa is satisfied by this, thinking "Completely useless,[...]Yes. Just like I've always wanted." This may imply that Jerboa is the one to get rid of animus magic. 

Trivia

  • This book is the first to be from the point of view of a LeafWing.
  • This book is the first in the main series to have an LGBTQ+ protagonist.
  • This book was released the day before Tui T. Sutherland’s birthday.
  • It has the same number of pages as The Lost Continent.
  • The book was the debut of The Othermind.
  • In this book, the characters find the secret within the Book of Clearsight, mentioned in The Lost Continent Prophecy. Hazel found Clearsight's map of the route from Pyrrhia to Pantala, hidden in the binding of the book.
  • On the front cover of the book, a sundew plant is pictured on the bottom right-hand corner.
  • In the bottom-right corner of the full dustcover, there is a snake depicted, possibly one of Hawthorn's.
  • There is a depiction of a dragon trapped inside a carnivorous plant, possibly a Venus dragon-trap, on the back cover in the bottom left-hand corner.
  • The Poison Jungle, along with The Lost Continent and The Hive Queen, follows the same title pattern as the first arc, being The ______ ______.
  • When the book was ordered online from Barnes and Noble, it came with a set of three free buttons: one with a headshot of Sundew, one with a headshot of Sunny, and one with a yellow version of the Wings of Fire logo.
  • Sundew is missing her wing membranes on the cover of The Poison Jungle. This is also the case with Glory on the cover of The Hidden Kingdom, Starflight on the cover of The Dark Secret and Moon on the cover of Moon Rising.
  • The cover does not show Sundew's pouches.
  • On the left side of the full cover, it shows a sundew plant wrapped around a LeafWing. However, a sundew was slightly covered up by advertisements in the hardcover jacket and the back of the paperback copies, just enough to block the LeafWing from view.
  • This book has received a large number of negative reviews due to the fact that Sundew and Willow are in a same-sex relationship, primarily on Amazon. It has the most negative reviews of a WoF book so far. [2]

References

  1. ↑ https://youtu.be/lSlwG4i524w
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/1338214519/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar
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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