Status
Checked out
Due May 7, 2024
Local notes
Fic Sut
Collection
Publication
Scholastic Press (2016), Edition: Special Edition, 400 pages
Description
Long before the SandWing and the Dragonet Prophecy, Darkstalker, half NightWing and half IceWing, is hatched under the three moons--born into a divided heritage, he is destined to become the most powerful and dangerous dragon Pyrhhia will ever know, and it will take the combined efforts of a SeaWing named Fatham and a NightWing seer named Clearsight to come up with a way to save all the kingdoms from his anger.
Awards
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
400 p.; 8.75 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member alspachc
This is a kids book about talking teenage dragons who are friends with each other.
It also might be the best investigation of precognition in fiction I've seen.
How do you write a compelling plot when your protagonists can see the future? It's HARD. This author pulls it off. You know how sometimes
It's a classical tragedy (see, since they know what's coming, so do you - the only question is how). It's a sympathetic portrayal of a true villian and how he does bad things despite not really wanting to, or seeing himself as a bad guy. (hey, hamartia! hello high-school lit course! nice to see you alive and well after all these years!)
It is absolutely worth reading if you think you can stomach talking teenage dragons.
(also, despite the other books in this series being reasonably late-middle grade, I would say this is more middle-school and up age. The precocious 8 year old I borrowed it from didn't like it when she liked the other books, but is growing into it)
It also might be the best investigation of precognition in fiction I've seen.
How do you write a compelling plot when your protagonists can see the future? It's HARD. This author pulls it off. You know how sometimes
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you get the sense reading something that the writer is just smart? I would probably put this one near the top. It's a classical tragedy (see, since they know what's coming, so do you - the only question is how). It's a sympathetic portrayal of a true villian and how he does bad things despite not really wanting to, or seeing himself as a bad guy. (hey, hamartia! hello high-school lit course! nice to see you alive and well after all these years!)
It is absolutely worth reading if you think you can stomach talking teenage dragons.
(also, despite the other books in this series being reasonably late-middle grade, I would say this is more middle-school and up age. The precocious 8 year old I borrowed it from didn't like it when she liked the other books, but is growing into it)
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LibraryThing member krau0098
This was a well done extension to the Wings of Fire series. This book gives background on Darkstalker, an animus you meet in the original series. This is a pretty dark addition to the series and I feel like it's more middle grade than children's.
There is a lot more discussion about relationships
I thought it was entertaining and well written. However, it is a bit predictable. I did really loved the new dragons we meet; Whiteout, Clearsight, Fathom, and Indigo in particular. Darkstalker is interesting too and Sutherland does an excellent job at showing how evil doesn't necessarily start that way and how different perspectives can change what is seen as evil.
I guess if this book had a theme that would be it; evil looks different depending on your perspective and relationship to the evil doer. It also talks about how it’s a friend’s/spouse’s responsibility to recognize evil or wrongness when your friend and/or spouse doesn’t see it for themselves and do something about it.
Overall this was a great expansion to the Wings of Fire series and gives excellent background on one of the most mysterious dragons in the series to far, Darkstalker. I hope we see more of the Legends extensions to the Wings of Fire series. As with all of her books Sutherland writes in a way that is easy to read and engaging and I enjoy her books a lot. I would recommend to middle grade readers, especially fans of the Wings of Fire series. Adults who enjoy a good fantasy book about dragon politics will probably enjoy this as well.
There is a lot more discussion about relationships
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between the dragons (who is in love with who and who is destined to be with who) and less about friendship and camaraderie. That being said my nine year old son absolutely loves this book and has read it multiple times since getting it.I thought it was entertaining and well written. However, it is a bit predictable. I did really loved the new dragons we meet; Whiteout, Clearsight, Fathom, and Indigo in particular. Darkstalker is interesting too and Sutherland does an excellent job at showing how evil doesn't necessarily start that way and how different perspectives can change what is seen as evil.
I guess if this book had a theme that would be it; evil looks different depending on your perspective and relationship to the evil doer. It also talks about how it’s a friend’s/spouse’s responsibility to recognize evil or wrongness when your friend and/or spouse doesn’t see it for themselves and do something about it.
Overall this was a great expansion to the Wings of Fire series and gives excellent background on one of the most mysterious dragons in the series to far, Darkstalker. I hope we see more of the Legends extensions to the Wings of Fire series. As with all of her books Sutherland writes in a way that is easy to read and engaging and I enjoy her books a lot. I would recommend to middle grade readers, especially fans of the Wings of Fire series. Adults who enjoy a good fantasy book about dragon politics will probably enjoy this as well.
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LibraryThing member soraki
Darkstalker was born with the gifts of mindreading, prophecy and animus magic, making him the most powerful dragonet in Pryhia. Darkstalker believes it's his destiny to rule the Nightwing tribe, no matter what he has do to become king.
Clearsight has the most powerful gift of prophecy in the
Fathom is an animus dragon who vowed to never use his animus powers again. He knows all too well that using animus powers turns a dragon's soul more and more evil, as evidenced by his grandfather's massacre of his entire family.
Will Darkstalker achieve his dream of becoming king of the Nightwings? Will Clearsight and Fathom be able to stop Darkstalker from turning evil? Which of the thousands of futures that Clearsight has seen will come true?
Clearsight has the most powerful gift of prophecy in the
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Nightwing tribe. Ever since she was little, she has had constant visions of thousands of possible futures, futures in which she and Darkstalker rule the Nightwing tribe in peace and enlightenment and futures in which Darkstalker rules the Nightwing tribe with fear and massacres. Fathom is an animus dragon who vowed to never use his animus powers again. He knows all too well that using animus powers turns a dragon's soul more and more evil, as evidenced by his grandfather's massacre of his entire family.
Will Darkstalker achieve his dream of becoming king of the Nightwings? Will Clearsight and Fathom be able to stop Darkstalker from turning evil? Which of the thousands of futures that Clearsight has seen will come true?
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LibraryThing member Starla_Aurora
Really wish she would do more legends books.
LibraryThing member MontzaleeW
Darkstalker (Wings of Fire: Legends #1) by Tui T. Sutherland may be made for teens or middle grade kids but I didn't think 'kid's book' at all while reading this book at all! I was fascinated by the dragons, the magic- seers, enchantments, and more, the plot, the mystery, the romance, the whole
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feel of it. I enjoyed it tremendously and I am 60! I read a lot of fantasy and this book is one of those books that any age can read and fall in love with. I got this from the library to try and loved it. Show Less
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Lexile
750L
Pages
400