A Day of Fallen Night
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4.4 • 121 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling, stunning, standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree, now in paperback.
"A magnificent, sweeping epic. Shannon has created a world rich in intricate mythology, beautifully realized and complex." -Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne
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.
Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. 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.
To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be.
The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shannon artfully builds on the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree with this masterful standalone prequel. Taking place centuries before the events of Priory, it's an expansive epic that interweaves four connected story lines as the protagonists reckon with both personal conflicts and the cataclysmic resurgence of wyrmkind. Glorian Berethnet, teenage daughter to the queen of Inys, faces mounting pressure to conceive her own child and secure the line of succession. Wulfert Glenn, a foundling and housecarl sworn to Glorian's father, the king of Hróth, struggles to cast off whispers of witchcraft that cling to him from his mysterious past. Meanwhile, Tunuva Melim, a warrior of the Priory, ventures into the outside world to pursue a runaway postulant whose relationship with an outsider puts their sanctuary at risk. And Dumai, raised in a secluded mountaintop temple, is thrown into a dangerous world of courtly intrigue when she learns she's the firstborn daughter of Jorodu, Emperor of Seiiki. As roving monsters sow destruction throughout the realm, all must race to survive. Shannon skillfully grounds high-stakes fantasy action in human emotion and a mature exploration of duty, bodily autonomy, identity, and motherhood. Series fans and any reader looking for queernorm fantasy will be thrilled by this self-assured adventure.
Customer Reviews
Incredible Prequel
I had some issues with the pacing in Priory of the Orange Tree at the end, and this book covered more material and did not fall into that trap. Absolutely loved this, can’t recommend it highly enough, especially if you’re looking for a more inclusive version of fantasy
Beautiful Masterpiece!
This is now my new favorite book of all time beating out the priory of the orange tree as my number one fantasy. Samantha Shannon is amazing and this was so beautifully written. I was so into it and I was hooked from the beginning. I love these characters so much and I love the world building. I was even very emotional at times reading this. This was more then just a regular read, it was an incredible experience that I will never forget!
Horrible book
Let me summarize the plot: creatures burned the land and caused a plague. The humans and dragons fought back.
So dreary to read page after page describing how things were on fire - it was a book set on repeat for hundreds of pages. Worst book I’ve read in the past year - couldn’t wait for it to be over.