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Description
Get ready for Samantha Shannon's new novel, A Day of Fallen Night, coming in January 2023!
The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle).
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
AMAZON (Top 100 Editors Picks and Science Fiction and Fantasy) * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * BOOKPAGE * AUTOSTRADDLE
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
Product details
Published | 05 Mar 2019 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 848 |
ISBN | 9781408883464 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
Series | The Roots of Chaos |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A tour de force, and my new absolute favourite epic fantasy
Laini Taylor, author of Strange the Dreamer
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I have been waiting my whole life for this fantasy. It's the kind of book you never want to end. Utterly unique, wild, and rich. Sheer perfection
Lisa Lueddecke, author of A Storm of Ice and Stars
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The new Game of Thrones. Escapism at its finest – Shannon, we salute you
Stylist.co.uk
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Allow me to introduce your newest fantasy obsession … Remarkably fresh and frankly fearless … Works so well as an intricately realised and feminist fantasy that one might even be tempted to dub Samantha Shannon 'The female George R.R. Martin' … As with the best of fantasy, The Priory of the Orange Tree feels less like a book than it does an experience, a true sojourn into a rich and terrible new world
Hypable
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A magnificent epic … Crammed with subversion and feminism, and written with tough, poetic assurance
Metro
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The Priory of the Orange Tree is a brilliant, daring, and devastating jewel. Samantha Shannon has crafted an incredible world full of depth and danger, with characters I would follow to the ends of the earth. It was a privilege to read, and I'm in awe of her talent. I can't wait for the rest of the world to experience this book
Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series