Summary

Winter Turning opens with a map of Pyrrhia, the fictional setting of this novel. The continent is shaped like a dragon and marked with locations of the seven dragon tribes that inhabit it. The next section is titled "A Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia, Updated and Edited by Starflight of the NightWings." This “guide” opens with a welcome letter to the Jade Mountain Academy and a list of the five groups of dragons, including one dragonet from each tribe. The next seven pages are a brief overview of each tribe – SandWings, SeaWings, SkyWings, MudWings, RainWings, NightWings, and IceWings. The general appearance, current queen, and other details are listed for each. The next section is the Jade Mountain Prophecy, which is a prediction by a NightWing dragonet named Moonwatcher, more commonly known as Moon, who is the first of the tribe hatched in...