But as with her scenes, not a word is wasted, and woven inside the words are details you won’t want to miss. Shannon’s prose is a symphony to experience, with beautiful sentences readers will find themselves pausing to revel in. Where some epic fantasy stories lag and linger for the sake of character development or world-building, Shannon doesn’t waste a single scene, making them all do double, sometimes triple duty to ensure they are all important and compelling without sacrificing narrative momentum. Each perspective leads into the next, building suspense and tension while drawing the reader deeply into the world of each character. With an impressive eye for detail, Shannon seamlessly weaves the three women’s narratives together with a fourth-a young man struggling to prove his worth despite rumors that he’s the son of a witch. But when the Dreadmount erupts, it unleashes a catastrophic age of violence and terror that threatens all of humanity. If only she could convince the younger women to do the same. And in the South, Tunuva upholds her duty to the Priory, training to kill wyrms in case the Nameless One ever returns. She never dreamed her time would come so fast. In the West, Glorian struggles with the duty her Berethnet blood will eventually demand. When a stranger visits their temple, she is thrust into a fate she never dreamed-or wanted. In the East, Dumai has spent her life in the mountain temples, waiting for the dragons to end their centuries long slumber. 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.Five hundred years before the events in The Priory of the Orange Tree take place, A Day of Fallen Night follows three women as they navigate the disastrous events during the Grief of Ages. 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.
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