Escaping Peril

Peril, banished by the new SkyWing queen, Ruby, hides at Jade Mountain. The former queen, Scarlet, escapes and threatens everyone again, so Peril hunts her down with Turtle, a SeaWing secretly hiding animus power. Scarlet has an ally, the RainWing Chameleon, who changes shape with enchanted paper and gives Peril a locket that switches off her firescales. But the locket also erases her memories of Clay. Peril tears it off, gets everything back and learns that Ruby was really Tourmaline, Scarlet's daughter, under a spell. Tourmaline defeats Scarlet and becomes Ruby again. In the end, the group learns a magic scroll belongs to the ancient NightWing Darkstalker. Peril burns it. The mountain shakes, and Darkstalker rises free.

1. Behind the scenesCliff has a model

   Cliff, the tiny SkyWing in this book, is based on Tui's second son at age three. She calls him the funniest, craziest little person.

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2. Behind the scenesFun to write

   Peril is one of the characters Tui most enjoys writing, along with Glory.

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3. ReferenceOld friends

   Peril and Clay met in Queen Scarlet's arena in The Dragonet Prophecy. That's where the friendship driving this book began.

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