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Wings of Fire
The Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland has 22 known books (22 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Dragonet Prophecy (2012). The Hybrid Prince is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.
- Books
- 22 known books (18 novels + 4 novellas)
- Published
- 22
- First published
- 2012
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Fantasy
Start here: The Dragonet Prophecy (2012)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Dragonet Prophecy
The Dragonet Prophecy (2012) launches Tui T. Sutherland's series, introducing the five dragonets raised in a secret cave to fulfill a prophecy meant to end a generations-long war between seven dragon tribes -- the first book of Arc 1. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dragonet Prophecy - Book 2:
The Lost Heir
The Lost Heir (2013), the second book in Arc 1, hands the narration to a new dragonet as the series' rotating-narrator structure begins, following The Dragonet Prophecy at 336 pages. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Lost Heir - Book 3:
The Hidden Kingdom
The Hidden Kingdom (2013), 260 pages, is the third book of Arc 1, continuing Sutherland's world of distinct dragon tribes -- each with real culture and real flaws -- through another dragonet's point of view. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hidden Kingdom - Book 4:
The Dark Secret
The Dark Secret (2013), the fourth entry in Arc 1, runs 302 pages, the stakes of the dragonets' prophecy growing as the founding arc heads toward its close. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dark Secret - Book 5:
The Brightest Night
The Brightest Night (2014) closes out Arc 1 -- The Dragonet Prophecy -- at book five, resolving the war and prophecy that launched the series two years earlier. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Brightest Night - Book 6:
Prisoners
Prisoners (2015) is the first of the Winglets, the bite-sized digital novellas tied to specific points in the timeline, slotting in after The Brightest Night and before Moon Rising as bonus reading rather than required story. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Prisoners - Book 7:
Moon Rising
Moon Rising (2014), 387 pages, opens Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- with a new cast of dragonet narrators and a new corner of Sutherland's dragon-tribe world to explore. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Moon Rising - Book 8:
Assassin
Assassin (2015) is a Winglet novella, a bite-sized side story tied to a specific point in the timeline following Moon Rising, meant as bonus reading rather than required for the main arc. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Assassin - Book 9:
Winter Turning
Winter Turning (2015), the third book of Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- continues the arc's structure of a different dragon narrator taking the spotlight each volume. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Winter Turning - Book 10:
Escaping Peril
Escaping Peril (2015), 312 pages, is the fourth entry of Arc 2, another installment in Sutherland's five-book structure where each arc resolves its own war or crisis before handing off to a new cast. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Escaping Peril - Book 11:
Deserter
Deserter (2016) is a Winglet novella, a bite-sized side story arriving between Escaping Peril and Darkstalker, tied to a specific point in the timeline as optional bonus reading. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Deserter - Book 12:
Darkstalker
Darkstalker (2016) is one of the two Legends novels, a genuine prequel set roughly 2,000 years before the main story -- optional but excellent, and many fans save it until after Arc 2 since it deepens characters and lore introduced there. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Darkstalker - Book 13:
Talons of Power
Talons of Power (2016), 336 pages, closes out Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- as its fifth and final book, resolving the arc's own war before the series moves to a new cast in Arc 3. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Talons of Power - Book 14:
Runaway
Runaway (2016) is a Winglet novella arriving after Talons of Power and before Darkness of Dragons, a bite-sized side story tied to that point in the timeline rather than required main-story reading. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Runaway - Book 15:
Darkness of Dragons
Darkness of Dragons (2017), 432 pages, opens Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- with a fresh cast of dragonet narrators and a new region of Sutherland's world. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Darkness of Dragons - Book 16:
The Lost Continent
The Lost Continent (2018), the second book of Arc 3, sits between Darkness of Dragons and The Hive Queen, continuing the arc's exploration of a distinct corner of the dragon-tribe world. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Lost Continent - Book 17:
The Hive Queen
The Hive Queen (2018), 286 pages, is the third entry in Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- following Sutherland's five-book structure toward its own eventual resolution. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hive Queen - Book 18:
The Poison Jungle
The Poison Jungle (2019), the fourth book of Arc 3, sits between The Hive Queen and Dragonslayer, the stakes building toward the arc's close. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Poison Jungle - Book 19:
Dragonslayer
Dragonslayer (2020) is the second Legends novel, running alongside the events of Arc 1 from human characters' point of view rather than the dragons' -- optional supplemental reading rather than required main-story continuation. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dragonslayer - Book 20:
The Dangerous Gift
The Dangerous Gift (2021), the fourteenth main-series book, closes out Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- following Dragonslayer into print. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dangerous Gift - Book 21:
The Flames of Hope
The Flames of Hope (2022), 333 pages, opens Arc 4 -- The Forgotten Isles Prophecy -- the ongoing arc that continues Sutherland's five-book structure with a new cast and a new corner of the map. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Flames of Hope - Book 22:
The Hybrid Prince
The Hybrid Prince (2026), 352 pages, follows The Flames of Hope as the second book of the ongoing Arc 4 -- The Forgotten Isles Prophecy -- continuing the series' rotating-narrator structure into its newest storyline. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hybrid Prince
The order the story's events happen in, novellas slotted where they belong.
- Book 1:
Darkstalker
Darkstalker (2016) is one of the two Legends novels, a genuine prequel set roughly 2,000 years before the main story -- optional but excellent, and many fans save it until after Arc 2 since it deepens characters and lore introduced there. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Darkstalker - Book 2:
The Dragonet Prophecy
The Dragonet Prophecy (2012) launches Tui T. Sutherland's series, introducing the five dragonets raised in a secret cave to fulfill a prophecy meant to end a generations-long war between seven dragon tribes -- the first book of Arc 1. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dragonet Prophecy - Book 3:
The Lost Heir
The Lost Heir (2013), the second book in Arc 1, hands the narration to a new dragonet as the series' rotating-narrator structure begins, following The Dragonet Prophecy at 336 pages. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Lost Heir - Book 4:
The Hidden Kingdom
The Hidden Kingdom (2013), 260 pages, is the third book of Arc 1, continuing Sutherland's world of distinct dragon tribes -- each with real culture and real flaws -- through another dragonet's point of view. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hidden Kingdom - Book 5:
The Dark Secret
The Dark Secret (2013), the fourth entry in Arc 1, runs 302 pages, the stakes of the dragonets' prophecy growing as the founding arc heads toward its close. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dark Secret - Book 6:
The Brightest Night
The Brightest Night (2014) closes out Arc 1 -- The Dragonet Prophecy -- at book five, resolving the war and prophecy that launched the series two years earlier. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Brightest Night - Book 7:
Moon Rising
Moon Rising (2014), 387 pages, opens Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- with a new cast of dragonet narrators and a new corner of Sutherland's dragon-tribe world to explore. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Moon Rising - Book 8:
Winter Turning
Winter Turning (2015), the third book of Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- continues the arc's structure of a different dragon narrator taking the spotlight each volume. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Winter Turning - Book 9:
Escaping Peril
Escaping Peril (2015), 312 pages, is the fourth entry of Arc 2, another installment in Sutherland's five-book structure where each arc resolves its own war or crisis before handing off to a new cast. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Escaping Peril - Book 10:
Talons of Power
Talons of Power (2016), 336 pages, closes out Arc 2 -- The Jade Mountain Prophecy -- as its fifth and final book, resolving the arc's own war before the series moves to a new cast in Arc 3. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Talons of Power - Book 11:
Darkness of Dragons
Darkness of Dragons (2017), 432 pages, opens Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- with a fresh cast of dragonet narrators and a new region of Sutherland's world. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Darkness of Dragons - Book 12:
The Lost Continent
The Lost Continent (2018), the second book of Arc 3, sits between Darkness of Dragons and The Hive Queen, continuing the arc's exploration of a distinct corner of the dragon-tribe world. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Lost Continent - Book 13:
The Hive Queen
The Hive Queen (2018), 286 pages, is the third entry in Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- following Sutherland's five-book structure toward its own eventual resolution. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hive Queen - Book 14:
The Poison Jungle
The Poison Jungle (2019), the fourth book of Arc 3, sits between The Hive Queen and Dragonslayer, the stakes building toward the arc's close. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Poison Jungle - Book 15:
The Dangerous Gift
The Dangerous Gift (2021), the fourteenth main-series book, closes out Arc 3 -- The Lost Continent Prophecy -- following Dragonslayer into print. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Dangerous Gift - Book 16:
The Flames of Hope
The Flames of Hope (2022), 333 pages, opens Arc 4 -- The Forgotten Isles Prophecy -- the ongoing arc that continues Sutherland's five-book structure with a new cast and a new corner of the map. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Flames of Hope - Book 17:
The Hybrid Prince
The Hybrid Prince (2026), 352 pages, follows The Flames of Hope as the second book of the ongoing Arc 4 -- The Forgotten Isles Prophecy -- continuing the series' rotating-narrator structure into its newest storyline. Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hybrid Prince
Key facts about the Wings of Fire series
Our list has 22 books in the Wings of Fire series. Since all 22 are out now, you can read the whole list today. 18 are novels, while the rest are 4 novellas.
Start with The Dragonet Prophecy, since it opens the publication order in 2012. The Lost Heir is book 2, from 2013. The Hidden Kingdom is book 3, from 2013.
The Dark Secret is book 4, from 2013. The Brightest Night is book 5, from 2014. Prisoners is book 6, from 2015.
Moon Rising is book 7, from 2014, while Assassin is book 8, from 2015. Winter Turning is book 9, from 2015.
Escaping Peril is book 10, from 2015, while Deserter is book 11, from 2016. Darkstalker is book 12, from 2016. Since the list above shows all 22, you can find the rest there.
However, the story's own timeline begins with Darkstalker. Use the order switch above to see that timeline.
The Hybrid Prince is the latest book with a full release date, out on 3 March 2026. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.
The books came out between 2012 and 2026, while their length runs from 48 to 504 pages. That is a run of 14 years.
Tui T. Sutherland has 38 books on our list. Additionally, they write Avatars, Pet Trouble and The Menagerie. We shelve the books under fantasy.
About the Wings of Fire series
Seven warring dragon tribes, a prophecy that promises to end a generations-long war, and five dragonets raised in a secret cave to fulfill it whether they want to or not — that's the premise Tui T. Sutherland has spun into one of the biggest middle-grade fantasy franchises going. Each five-book "arc" follows a new set of young dragon narrators (a different dragon gets the spotlight in each volume) across a fully-built world of distinct tribes with their own powers, politics, and grudges: SkyWings, SeaWings, MudWings, NightWings, and more, each rendered with real culture and real flaws rather than simple good-guy/bad-guy sorting.
What hooks readers, especially kids graduating from easier chapter books, is the combination of genuinely high stakes (dragons die, kingdoms fall, betrayals land) with a structure that never overstays its welcome — each arc resolves its own war or crisis in five books before handing off to a new cast and a new corner of the map. It rewards long-term attention (worldbuilding, prophecies, and side characters pay off across arcs) while staying newcomer-friendly, since each arc is a reasonable jumping-on point. Fans of found-family dynamics, chosen-one subversions, and dragons with actual political complexity will find a lot to dig into, and the Legends volumes and Winglet novellas give the die-hard readers deeper lore without gating the main story behind them.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Wings of Fire?
There are 16 main-series novels published so far across four arcs, plus 2 Legends novels (Darkstalker, Dragonslayer) and 5 Winglet novellas, for 23 total. The series is ongoing, with Arc 4: The Forgotten Isles Prophecy still in progress.
What order should I read Wings of Fire in?
Publication order, starting with The Dragonet Prophecy. The series is split into five-book arcs with a new dragon narrator each book, and while each arc can work as an entry point, starting from book 1 is the standard recommendation.
Do I need to read the Legends and Winglets?
No. Darkstalker and Dragonslayer are standalone-feeling supplements that deepen the lore, and the Winglets are short bonus stories tied to specific moments in the timeline. All are optional extras, not required reading for the main plot.
Is Wings of Fire finished?
No, it's ongoing. Arc 4 (The Forgotten Isles Prophecy) began with The Hybrid Prince in March 2026, and additional books in the arc are expected but not yet officially titled or dated.
What is the next Wings of Fire book?
Book 17, continuing Arc 4, has not yet had an official title or release date announced as of August 2026; fan speculation points to late 2026 or 2027.
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