Darkstalker

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.

Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire series is a best-selling fantasy saga that explores the struggles of young dragons on the continent of Pyrrhia who are working to end wars, challenge injustices, and build a better world. The series uses animal protagonists, like in The Tale of Despereaux and Redwall, and it combines fantasy elements and dragons, like in Eragon and Dealing With Dragons.

In the series’ first arc (The Dragonet Prophecy arc, which includes books 1-5), dragonets or young dragons seek to end a brutal war. In the second arc (the Jade Mountain Prophecy arc, which includes books 6-10 and begins with Moon Rising), a new generation of dragons forms bonds across tribes and faces ancient threats returning to Pyrrhia. The third arc (which is called the Lost Continent Prophecy arc and includes books 11-15) shifts the action to Pantala, a newly discovered continent, but continues to explore how dragons must learn from past mistakes to secure their future.

While the main Wings of Fire series moves forward through the eyes of young heroes, Darkstalker (which is part of the Wings of Fire: Legends series) looks thousands of years into Pyrrhia’s past.