“The engrossing new story promises to deliver more character-driven, emotionally complex adventure and intrigue.” - Cosmopolitan “This magnificent, Sapphic fantasy novel…is going to sweep you off your feet.” - Glamour Series fans and any reader looking for queernorm fantasy will be thrilled by this self-assured adventure.” - Publishers Weekly Starred Review … it's an expansive epic … Shannon skillfully grounds high-stakes fantasy action in human emotion and a mature exploration of duty, bodily autonomy, identity, and motherhood. “Shannon artfully builds on the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree with this masterful standalone prequel. This is expansive, emotionally complex, and bound to suck you in.”” - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Epic in scope … The heroes shine in their uniqueness, with diverse family dynamics interwoven throughout and representation ranging from queer lords and warriors to genderfluid alchemists. Highly recommended for hiding away from the real world and losing yourself in this one instead” - Jennifer Saint, internationally bestselling author of Ariadne Their journeys sweep the reader along, compelled by a thrilling plot of peril and warfare, but utterly captivated by the heartfelt relationships, the simmering romances, the betrayals, the loss and the love. Shannon has created a world rich in intricate mythology, beautifully realized and complex, and placed at its heart bold and vivid characters. 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 New York Times bestselling stunning, standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree.

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