The Hive Queen Summary
Tui T. Sutherland

The Hive Queen Overview

Tui Sutherland's fantasy novel, The Hive Queen, is the the 12th book of the Wings of Fire series. In this installment, Cricket, a SilkWing dragon in Pantala, has joined forces with two other SilkWings (Blue and Swordtail) and a LeafWing (Sundew). They hope to prevent war among the tribes. During Cricket's journey, she discovers that Queen Wasp has been lying about several things, including that she has a supernatural power to control the minds of HiveWings and that the Book of Clearsight predicts everything that is going to happen. As Cricket and her friends destroy a plant that is vital to Queen Wasp's continued control over the HiveWings, Cricket realizes an important truth about herself and saves a HiveWing dragonet. The novel's main themes are free will, the effects of familiarity, and right versus wrong.