We’ve got an exclusive look at the cover for The Hive Queen, the twelfth book in the Wings of Fire series, plus an excerpt!

The Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland is now 12 books strong with the addition of The Hive Queen. We’ve got an exclusive first look at the cover, which features a beautiful golden dragon on the front. Check it out below!

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In addition, we have the first chapter of The Hive Queen, which you can read, in full, right here!

What an exciting end to the chapter! If you’re intrigued, make sure you read the full synopsis for The Hive Queen:

Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp’s powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered. Now she’s hiding again, wanted for stealing the Book of Clearsight along with her new SilkWing friends, Blue and Swordtail, and the fierce LeafWing, Sundew. The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a LeafWing attack. But Cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen’s deadliest secret? And if she does succeed — can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war?

The Hive Queen by Tui T. Sutherland hits store shelves on December 26, 2018. You can pre-order it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound, or you can add it to your Goodreads list.