The Dark Secret

The Dark Secret

Cover artist	Joy Ang
Published	October 29, 2013
Page count	336
ISBN	9780545349215 (hardcover) 9780545349260 (paperback)
Preceded by	The Hidden Kingdom
Followed by	The Brightest Night
Chapter Index
Prologue • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • Epilogue

The Dark Secret is the fourth novel in the Wings of Fire novel series and is the fourth book in arc one. It features Starflight as the main protagonist.

Summary

In the shadows, trouble is brewing. . . The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now they’ve kidnapped their own Dragonet of Destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe - whether he wants to or not.

Plot note the stuff from the previous book is to be used as a template I was gonna cover the full 5th book but Libby is broken

Part one: Rainforest Monsters

The dragonets, along with Webs, were on the border between The Mud Kingdom and The Rainforest Kingdom. They overheard a MudWing patrol saying that the rainforest was haunted. Glory followed after them and found their dead bodies. The dragonets entered the rainforest, while Clay and Starflight suggested going to The Ice Kingdom. While walking the dragonets asked if Webs knew anything about a monster. Webs denied there being any monster and said he never even seen any RainWings. The dragonets realized that Sunny had vanished. They started to panic and yell her name. One by one the dragonets disappeared except for Glory and Starflight. Glory realized what was happening and yelled for the hidden dragons to show themselves. Jambu appeared in front of her along with several other RainWings, including Liana. Jambu and Liana tell Glory and Starflight about the sleeping darts and how it will wear off. The Rainwings took Glory and Starflight to the Rainwing village.

After arriving at the Rainwing village Liana explained to Glory the concept of sun time. Liana stated that Glory scales where dull. Glory decided to join the rest of the Rainwings for sun time. Glory woke up to realize a sloth around her neck. Glory decided to not eat the sloth due to the sloth's smile. Jambu woke up and told Glory that she now has to pick a name her for her sloth. Glory told Jambu that she was not naming the sloth.

When Glory asked about her parents Jambu explained that RainWings don't do parents. Jambu brought Glory to the RainWing hatchery and explained that the rainwings keep all their eggs together.  Glory realized that nobody noticed or cared that she went missing and quickly become annoyed. Glory pointed out that the fact that the RainWIngs eggs could have been stolen too. Jambu explained that the RainWings raise their dragonets as a community. He continued by showing Glory how the RainWings make sure they aren't related to each other when deciding to have dragonets, revealing that Glory and Jambu are brothers.

Part two: Sand, Ice and Smoke

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Part three: A Throne in the Treetops

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Epilogue

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Variants

Limited edition

The limited edition is said to be coming out sometime in October 2025. Besides that all we know is its being worked on.

(This information was said to be true on December 30th, 2024. This information will likely change in the future.)

Graphic novel edition

The graphic novel of The Hidden Kingdom was released on October fifteenth 2019. It includes mostly the same content as the regular edition, though some changes were made.

Mistakes

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Gallery

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