A Day of Fallen Night - Samantha Shannon

nThe New York Times bestselling, stunning, standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree, now in paperback. n nA magnificent, sweeping epic. Shannon has created a world rich in intricate mythology, beautifully realized and complex.

-Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne n nIn 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. n nTunuva 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.

n n 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. n n 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. n n 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.n