(This is the page for the book titled "The Lost Continent." You may be
looking for the The Lost Continent Prophecy|prophecy or the
Pantala|location instead.)  'The Lost Continent' is the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling series Wings of Fire (book series)|Wings
of Fire and the first book in the third arc. The main protagonist is
Blue. It was officially released on June 26th, 2018.[1]

The Lost Continent follows Darkness of Dragons and precedes The Hive
Queen.

## Summary

Everything is about to change.

Blue the SilkWing is content. Life in Cicada Hive|his Hive is safe; he
loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace
for as long as he can remember — SilkWings and HiveWings live and work
together in harmony, and because they stay vigilant, no one has seen a
dangerous LeafWing in years.

Now that Blue's sister, Luna, is undergoing her Metamorphosis, Blue
knows things are going to change. Luna will have her wings and her silk,
be assigned a partner and a work order, and move to another Hive. A few
days later, Blue's own wings and silk will come in.

But nothing could prepare Blue for what happens when Luna's wings start
to grow. Suddenly, his world is turned upside down, throwing him into
dangers he never knew existed. Pantala isn't as peaceful as it seems,
and Blue isn't safe. Whether he's ready or not, it's time to adapt — and
fight for his life.

## Dedication

"For Mum and Dad — I love you, and thank you for being nothing like any
of these Dragons|dragon parents!"

## Quote on Back of Hardcover

Blue dug in his claws as Io tried to throw him out the door. "Wait,
wait! Run where?"

"Anywhere!" she said. "Listen, Blue. Stop trusting the HiveWings right
now. They've let you go about your ordinary life so far, but now you
look dangerous to them, and they're not going to let you have that life
back. It's gone."

"But if I'm good, if I do what I'm told — I'm not dangerous. I could
never be dangerous."

"I know," Io said. "But they don't care. Please promise me you'll hide.
And don't let them catch you."

## Plot

### Prologue

The prologue began with Clearsight flying through a hurricane. She had
two possible visions in her head, one of where she waited out the storm
on an island, and another where she made it to the Lost Continent. She
deemed the second one more important and headed on to the continent.
Upon her arrival, two dragons emerged from the trees. One was a
brown-and-green LeafWing, the other a primarily gold BeetleWing,
Sunstreak. Sunstreak knew a bit of Languages#Dragon|Dragon, so
Clearsight was able to communicate that they needed to evacuate quickly
before the hurricane struck, and after the dragons discussed it in their
Languages|language, they agreed to evacuate further into territory. They
brought her to their home, where they announced to their two tribes her
arrival. Once there, she witnessed many new futures unfolding. As they
flew to escape the storm, Clearsight told Sunstreak that she comes from
a land called Pyrrhia, and he in return, told her that this is Pantala.

### Part One: In The Cocoon

Part One began with Blue thinking about his society and how perfect it
is. He also thought about Luna, his sister, who was about to start her
Metamorphosis. The next day, he was already awake when Luna bounded
across the silk web that they lived on and started shaking him. Luna
kept annoying Blue about her Metamorphosis, which was that day. In
response to her excitement, Blue reminded her that some SilkWings (most
likely referring to himself) would not get their wings until later and
that today was only the day that Luna would begin Metamorphosis. Luna
then promptly upended his hammock, dumping him onto the webs, and said
to Blue that she could outsmart him when it came to silk studies. They
said goodbye to Silverspot, Luna's mother, who said she would try to be
there for Luna's Metamorphosis, but her mistress might not let her out
of spite. Before they leave, Blue noticed a strange expression cross her
face as she hugged Luna, and he reckoned that Silverspot suspected that
she would never see Luna again.

The siblings make their way to the entrance of the hive. On the wall in
the entry, Blue saw a mural of HiveWings and SilkWings coexisting, as
well as posters warning about vigilance, the woes of disobedience (for
SilkWings), and the threat of LeafWings. Luna then began to talk brashly
about the LeafWings, which Blue warned her of her recklessness. Later,
they make it to the security entrance where a HiveWing named Hawker
asked for their names. Blue showed him his right palm (carved with a "B"
for him, a big "B" for his mother, Burnet, and an "A" for his father,
Admiral) as well as the bronze cuff on his left arm, an accessory
inscribed with his school's name, Cicada_Hive#Silkworm_Hall|Silkworm
Hall. When Hawker got to Luna, he remarked that it was Luna's
Metamorphosis today. He commented that Luna would get a new wrist cuff
after her Metamorphosis, which made Blue slightly melancholic. Hawker
then let them enter the hive, even speaking a couple of words of luck to
them, which both of them fought terribly amusing after being out of
earshot.

They walk to the open market of the Cicada Hive, and Luna insisted on
going to the Cicada_Hive#Marketplace|Sugar Dream, the shop with the
best honey drops. Blue protested and said they should go to Droplets
since SilkWings were not usually welcome in the Sugar Dream. In the end,
they agreed to go to the Sugar Dream, as it was Luna's Metamorphosis day
and she wanted to do everything she loved while she was still a
dragonet. Once inside the store, Luna asked for two honey drops. The
shopkeeper, Chafer, told them quite rudely he needed to serve his other
customer, a bespectacled elderly dragon who was the only other customer
in the shop. Later, two HiveWings enter the shop. Weevil, one of the
HiveWings, asked to touch Luna's wingbuds. She jumped away, irritated at
his actions, to which Blue jumped in and offered to let Weevil touch his
wingbuds instead. The older customer who was known as Scarab distracted
Weevil by calling him over to help her with some nectar vials. After
Weevil's companion made and got her order, he and his friend left. Luna
asked again for their honey drops, but Chafer still said he needed to
serve Lady Scarab. The other dragon then interrupted, saying she would
like Chafer to serve Luna and Blue first, to which the salesdragon
refused. In response, she let out a horrible scent. Chafer begged Lady
Scarab not to stink up his shop, but she refused to stop until he
finally agreed to serve Luna and Blue, even letting them go without
paying. After they leave, Lady Scarab advised them to choose an
establishment more friendly to SilkWings next time.

Once having left, Luna discussed with Blue about the HiveWings, saying
that it seemed unfair that Silkwings did not have a say. They noticed
that her wrists were glowing a little too brightly than normal. From
what they had seen from their friend Swordtail and his sister, Io, as
neither of them had glowing wrists during their Metamorphosis. Blue
suggested taking her to a doctor, but Luna refused, saying she did not
want to spend her last day as a dragonet being poked around by a
Hivewing doctor. They then walk to the Cicada Hive#Mosaic Garden|Mosaic
Garden and spent their afternoon there. At the end of their outing, Luna
told Blue she needed to go down to the Cocoon, signaling the beginning
of her Metamorphosis.

Afterward, they went to the Cocoon near the bottom of the Hive, where
all SilkWings went for their Metamorphosis. The structure itself bore
many weavings, a feature resulting from newly emerged SilkWings making
one as thanks. Blue tried to distract Luna from her nervousness by
asking what weaving she was going to make. She replied that she was not
sure yet. An unusual number of HiveWing guards arrive, which Blue joked
to Luna about, calling her popular as a result of the large gathering.
Swordtail, Io, and Burnet then came, seeming worried about something.

When Luna began to spin silk for her cocoon, fiery bright strings came
out instead of regular silk. Several HiveWing guards then mobilized to
take care of it, insisting that such an occurrence was the result of an
illness. Io warns Blue about how the HiveWings would capture him next
and told him to run. Blue did not want to, but Io carried him away. They
tried not to be noticed, but the guards saw them anyways. Queen Wasp
then mind controled all the HiveWings and commanded them to capture
Blue. They were cornered, but Io used her silk to help Blue escape. Blue
lost sight of Io as he ran from the HiveWings. A dragon whom Blue
believed to be a SilkWing helped him hide. The dragon's name was
Cricket, and Blue soon realized that she was a HiveWing, and they ended
up discussing the mind-controlled HiveWings and flamesilk.

Blue suddenly felt woozy and collapses. Cricket said his wristband
probably injected him with a toxin to make him feel dizzy and faint, and
therefore easier for the HiveWing guards to catch. Then Cricket
unscrewed a lamp that had flamesilk in it and used the flamesilk to burn
off the wristband. Blue soon passed out from the toxins already in his
bloodstream, waking up to Cricket urgently shaking his shoulder. Blue
and Cricket hid in the tunnels they came from to avoid the soldiers
coming into the library. After they left, Blue made sure that the
soldiers were all gone from the area using his antennae. While doing so,
he slowly came to the realization that he had fallen in love with
Cricket. They continued to converse about flamesilks, and Cricket
eventually decided to help Blue escape, rescue Luna, and free Swordtail.

Cricket and Blue got ready to free Swordtail, and Cricket first took
Blue to the chemistry lab. She stole six vials and tucked them into her
pouch. Blue said stealing was wrong, but Cricket argued helping other
dragons was more essential. Next, Cricket took Blue to an art room to
paint his scales into shades of brown and dark blue to rescue Swordtail
and Luna without getting caught. They went to Cicada Hive#Misbehaver's
Way|Misbehavior's Way, and Cricket was shocked to see how the prisoners
had been kept there. She thought the toxin knocked them out, like a
temporary coma. Blue found Swordtail and Cricket did an experiment by
dropping a thread of flamesilk into a chemical that had been used on
saving plants that had been poisoned and poured it on Swordtail. It
worked, although Swordtail acted strangely, and his eyes and silk turned
into the same shade of green as the liquid in the bottle.

Once Swordtail was freed, he smashed the wall with some boulders, making
a door for them to escape. Afterward, they made their way to Wasp Hive,
and more specifically, to Luna.

### Part Two: Out of the Hive

Cricket and Swordtail flew the rest of the night, with Swordtail
carrying Blue. They flew low when the moon showed, just to make sure
they were hidden from the HiveWings. Later on, the trio flew within
sight of the Wasp Hive and decided to find somewhere to hide. After a
brief search, they found a hole that seemed to have no bottom. When they
flew down and started to explore, they came across an underground lake
with a rope attached to an object in the center. Blue wondered who was
in this place before them, and why they would need a rope if they had an
octopus. After walking a bit farther, Blue saw a cavern with supposed
firelight, which he was afraid contains flamesilk. It turned out to be
made by a scavenger-like creature, who resided in the caves. It ended up
being scared off by the dragons, and afterward, they took a break while
Swordtail slept.

After a rest, the three woke up and continued their journey. Swordtail
was now himself again, and the trio had an argument about the true
nature of HiveWings. Unfortunately, since the stimulant had worn off,
Swordtail was unable to carry Blue anymore. Swordtail suggested that
Blue should climb up the wall, making Blue nervous. As Cricket tried to
come up with a plan, Swordtail warned Blue about falling in love with
Cricket, but he replied that he believed it was too late already.
Cricket consulted the two for her plan, which was to lift Blue up into a
crevice so he could wait the day out there. They reacted with
apprehension about another day being wasted, but they eventually agreed.
After Blue reached the hole, Cricket curled up with him and they
discussed the Distant Kingdoms (Pyrrhia) as a possible place to flee to,
even though Blue thought that it was not really real. Suddenly, they
heard two HiveWings fly by on a patrol, but they flew away after a short
stop. When night fell, the group started off towards the Wasp Hive.

Swordtail went ahead to scout out the Hive, and Cricket landed next to
Blue so they could walk together. Blue noticed that most of the paint
that Cricket disguised him with had fallen off, showing some of his true
scales. The two hurried as fast as they could to Wasp Hive, and on the
way, Cricket mentioned a bright moon-like comet that passed by half a
year ago. As they neared the Hive, Blue noticed many greenhouses
surrounding the base of the Hive. Swordtail came back from scouting out
the Hive and reported that the main door was closed, with guards
possibly inside watching the door. They tried to come up with solutions,
and Blue suggested hiding in one of the greenhouses. They found one with
a sign saying it was the property of the queen and not to enter and a
silk barrier covering the doorway. After they destroyed the barrier
Swordtail began to recreate it using his silk. When Cricket attempted to
explore further into the greenhouse, Blue heard a sudden shriek, who he
thought was Queen Wasp. Blue rushed forward to turn himself in but was
caught by another dragon who tied him up with vines and propped him
against a tree. Cricket was in a similar condition, and Blue noticed
that their captors were neither HiveWings nor SilkWings, but instead a
trio of LeafWings.

Swordtail came to see what the commotion was, but the three LeafWings
soon tied him up as well. A male LeafWing checked for more intruders and
soon came back to report that no one else entered. A tall, female
LeafWing with a system of pouches expressed surprise at a HiveWing
working with two SilkWings, but a younger female with the same pouches
scoffed at this, saying that HiveWings did not make friends with
SilkWings. Blue told them his name and Cricket's name, but Swordtail
refused to reveal his. The female LeafWing told Blue their names, hers
being Belladonna, the young female's being Sundew, and the male being
Hemlock. Blue told them that he was looking for Luna, but that he did
not know where the flamesilks were being kept. Belladonna, Hemlock, and
Sundew were surprised at this, and Belladonna told Blue that she knew
where the flamesilks were, but that in exchange for their help, Blue had
to steal the Book of Clearsight from the Wasp Hive#Temple of
Clearsight|temple.

After telling Belladonna that he wanted to discuss it with his friends,
Blue told Cricket that he was sorry he dragged her into this situation.
She replied, saying that she was excited about all the things she was
discovering. They discussed how the LeafWings might kill them, and Blue
said that they had to either help the LeafWings or escape from them.
Swordtail said that he thought the LeafWings were eavesdropping on their
conversation, to which Belladonna admitted. Cricket wrote in some dirt
that they should pretend to agree and then escape later so that the
LeafWings would not know about it. They pretended to agree to steal the
Book of Clearsight for the LeafWings.

However, their plan fell apart quickly, as Sundew insisted on going into
the Temple of Clearsight with them, disguising herself as a SilkWings
with materials the LeafWings had. Cricket uses some dye to repair some
of Blue's disguise as well, and they exited the greenhouse with Sundew.
The three went through an opening in the wall made by lifting a glass
pane out and set off for Wasp Hive. Cricket knocked out the two guards
in front of the door using a flower from one of Sundew's pouches. After
they entered, Sundew immediately clawed a wood carving of Queen Wasp,
ruining the statue. They made their way towards the temple while Blue
tried to make Sundew act more like a SilkWing in fear of her arrogance
leading to them being caught.

Sundew took out the two guards outside the temple entrance using a
blowgun to shoot darts. She did the same with the other guards stationed
inside the temple, and they finally entered the last room in the temple,
where the book rested inside a case placed on a pedestal. When Sundew
tried furiously to remove the book from the pedestal, the Librarian
revealed herself and tried to stop her. The Librarian looked at Sundew
for a moment, then turned to Cricket. She then ripped off her veil,
revealing white eyes that showed the queen was controlling her. The
queen raged at the fact that she could not get into Cricket's mind, and
Blue tried to protect Cricket by turning himself in. Sundew barreled
into the Librarian and managed to pin her to the ground. Blue spotted a
key on the ground, which the Librarian dropped in the battle. He used it
to unlock the case and retrieved the Book of Clearsight. Cricket dropped
two bullet ants on the Librarian on Sundew's request, which caused the
queen to lose control because of the pain inflicted by the ants, but not
before telling them that there were HiveWings surrounding the temple.

The newly freed Librarian thanked them while Sundew gave her a pain
reliever, and she said that she could help them and that someone else
should be able to read the book after all this time. She leads them
through a secret panel to the balcony, where they saw that every single
HiveWing in the Hive had been mind-controlled and surrounded them.
Sundew tried to take them out using things in her pouches, but there
were too many. Blue pointed out that they could escape through the
skylight, and the Librarian, Sundew, and Cricket fly outside, and they
hold a silk rope for Blue to climb out with. However, the queen took
control of the Librarian again and cut the rope. Blue tossed the Book up
at Cricket and told her to escape just as he fell among the HiveWings.

### Part Three: Metamorphosis

Blue was dragged through the Hive tunnels by five dragons dispatched by
Queen Wasp. Blue guessed that the other brainwashed subjects were off
searching for Cricket and Sundew. Blue wondered if they got away and if
they were alright. They put him in with all of the other flamesilk
SilkWings and he met his father, Admiral. Admiral told Blue about his
letters to Queen Wasp. It is also discovered that all of the flamesilks
had divided up into different factions that all hated each other.

Admiral introduced Blue to all of the different dragons in the flamesilk
cavern, with each dragon he met telling him to hate the other dragons
there. After a day, Luna awakened from her cocoon and they had a
heartfelt conversation. She was then introduced to Admiral. She then
tried out her flamesilk, which resulted in one of Admiral's stack of
letters to the Queen Wasp to catch on fire. After Admiral handled the
flame silk with his bare claws, it was revealed that SilkWings after
their Metamorphosis could handle flamesilk without being burned. Blue
then tried to think like Cricket and formulate an escape plan. After
walking around the cave, he discovered a hole in the wall.

The next morning, Blue went back to the hole and stuck his arm through
it. He then felt something grasp his arm, which then turned out to be
Cricket, accompanied by Sundew and Swordtail. They began to smash the
hole open, thus creating an escape route. Luna and Blue then told
Admiral that they could escape, however, he was too afraid to risk the
wrath of Queen Wasp, so he started to call for the guards, but Danaid
insulted Admiral and started an argument with the other flamesilks to
create a distraction and Blue and Luna fled.

They then went to a cave that led to the ocean where they all read the
Book of Clearsight and discovered a letter written to her descendants.
They found out that her predictions only lasted about two hundred years,
and the last prediction of Clearsight had dated over a thousand years
ago. They realized that Wasp lied about all the knowledge she had and
that the Book said that Clearsight wanted Queen Wasp to rule the tribes.

After the discovery, Luna and Swordtail went out to test out Luna's new
wings. They were soon spotted by a HiveWing patrol and started fighting.
Luna tried to use her flamesilk, but it wrapped around her and the wind
blew her into the sea. Blue tried to help, but he began his
Metamorphosis. Cricket led him into a cave where he weaved his cocoon.
As he entered Metamorphosis, he confronted the fact that he was in love
with Cricket to himself.

### Epilogue

Luna woke up on wet sand, and when she tried to stand up, she found out
that her back ankle was twisted, and her wing was bruised. She looked
around, not knowing how far away she was from Pantala, and when Jerboa
III approached her, Luna fiercely demanded who she was. Jerboa responded
that she was glad that she spoke Dragon. Luna asked where she was, and
Jerboa introduced herself, and Luna discovered that she traveled over to
another continent. Jerboa took Luna to her Jerboa III's hut|hut to heal
her wounds, and Luna explained she needed to get back to Pantala.

Later, Moonwatcher and Qibli entered the hut. She described Moon as the
"Clearsight looking dragon," and Luna explained to them that they needed
to stop Wasp. She learned that Moon could see the future, but not as
well as Clearsight could. She told them that they needed to figure out
how to get her home, especially Moon, whom Luna called "vision dragon."
She feels triumphant when she realized that Moon could be the "secret
weapon" the LeafWings and SilkWings needed to stop Queen Wasp from
controlling dragons.

## Mistakes

  - Some trees are visible on the English cover.[2] However, it is
    stated that all of the trees on the savanna were gone.
  - On the English cover, Blue's snout is green.[3] However, Cricket
    described Blue to have a purple snout.
  - On the English cover, Cricket's glasses have no earpiece.[4]
    However, Cricket fiddles with the earpiece of her glasses.
  - On the map of Pantala, there are trees outside of the Poison
    Jungle,[5] when it is stated that all of the savanna's trees are
    gone.
  - The word handful is used instead of talonful three times.
  - When Cricket used flamesilk to break off Blue's armband, the armband
    came off when she only burned one side. However, she would have to
    burn the other side as well.
  - Cricket says that "her own two wings work perfectly well." However,
    she has four wings.[6]
  - When Blue enters the sleeping hollow chosen for him by Admiral, he
    feels "a shiver across his wings." However, at this point of the
    story, Blue had not yet undergone his Metamorphosis and, therefore,
    only has wingbuds.
  - Bullets do not exist in the dragon world, but Sundew calls the Izula
    ant a bullet ant.
  - The term hand was used instead of talons twice.
  - Luna lifts one wrist to shoot fire "if her wing was a HiveWing."
    This should say something along the lines of "if her attacker was a
    HiveWing" instead.
  - It later says, "[Luna's] wing kept sagging unexpectedly under her
    claws or sucking around her talons" Wing should be replaced with the
    sand instead.

## Trivia

  - There is a Barnes & Noble exclusive edition with the dust jacket
    printed on both sides. The over side is the traditional cover with
    embossed logos and quick excerpt on the back, and the underside is a
    poster with the Wings of Fire logo printed on the upper left corner
    and Cricket added to the picture.[7]

## International Releases

  - 'Russian:' Драконья сага. Затерянные земли (October 2019)
  - 'French:' Les Royaumes de Feu. Le Continent perdu (January 2020)
  - 'German:' Wings of Fire. Der verlorene Kontinent (July 2021)
  - 'Korean:' 불의 날개와 잃어버린 대륙 (May 2023)