But to Glorian’s horror, strange events are happening in her kingdom, and agents of The Nameless One take wing once more. According to legend and religion, as long as a queen of the Berethnet line, each one appearing identical to the last, sits the throne in Inys, The Nameless One cannot rise again. We follow the heir to the Berethnet throne, Glorian, as she reconciles herself with the fact that her number one duty to her kingdom is to marry and to produce a female heir in order to protect the realm from The Nameless One, an evil dragon of legend that emerges from the earth, bringing with it not only an army of wyverns and other creatures, but also a deadly plague. A Day of Fallen Night takes place before the events of The Priory of the Orange Tree and this prequel does a great job of setting up for the events of The Priory, while also providing a complex cast of female characters and expansions on the same world and its cultures.Ī Day of Fallen Night, like The Priory, feels like a feminist fantasy and is filled with lots of different examples of strong female characters. The first novel in this series, The Priory of the Orange Tree, is one of my favorite novels of all time, so I was beyond excited to return to this world once again. When I found out there was another entry in The Roots of Chaos series releasing, I was absolutely ecstatic. When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come. Shannon has created a world rich in intricate mythology, beautifully realized and complex.” Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne The stunning, standalone prequel to the New York Times bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on February 28th 2023īuy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

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