How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell

May 2025

How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing is the first in a new series of How to Train Your Dragon stories. Introduced as a set of shorter adventures discovered on a beach amongst papers belonging to Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, this delightfully funny and hugely engaging book is perfect for developing readers. Full of illustrations, action and accessible text, it is sure to be devoured by fans of Toothless and the other dragons.

Readers find themselves at Dragon School joining Hiccup and the other Viking trainees in lessons on the art of battle. The first lesson is Doom of the Darkwing. Three new dragons, along with larger than life teachers and impulsive – act now, think later – students fill this book with fresh adventures, mishaps and fun.

Doom of Darkwing will be available in May 2025 with a second book coming in 2026. Thank you to Hachette Children’s Group for a sneak peek!

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