![]() ![]() Sweeping and epic, A Day of Fallen Night returns readers to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree and shows us how ordinary people make choices that shape their countries for centuries to come. Back in 2019, Samantha Shannon’s sweeping fantasy epic The Priory of the Orange Tree made waves in the publishing world. When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must rise to protect humankind from a devastating threat. Bestselling author Samantha Shannon chats to PinkNews about skewering tradition, her new novel A Day of Fallen Night, and creating a fantastical world where queer women thrive. Dumai lives in a Seiikinese mountain temple, where celebrants strive to wake the gods from the Long Slumber-but someone from her mother’s past is coming to the mountain for her, and Dumai's fate may be far different than she imagined. Meanwhile, the dragons of the East have slept for centuries. We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from A Day of Fallen Night, the standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, out from Bloomsbury on February 28. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow-exactly where she wants to be. ![]() To the north, in Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving her queendom 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. ![]() ![]() The stunning, eagerly anticipated standalone prequel to the New York Times bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree. ![]()
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