A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night

Samantha Shannon, Ellie Kendrick, Sheila Atim

Bloomsbury · Print & ebook · March 5, 2024

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Who it’s for
Follow four women through intricate mythology, sleeping dragons, and an age of terror.
Genres
Epic Fantasy, Dragons & Mythic Creatures, Fantasy Romance
Published
Bloomsbury, March 5, 2024

About this book

The New York Times bestselling, stunning, standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree, now in paperback. “A magnificent, sweeping epic.

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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.

Myth and Upheaval

Follow four women through intricate mythology, sleeping dragons, and an age of terror.

Come here for

  • A sweeping return to the world of Priory of the Orange Tree
  • Four women facing a world-changing eruption

Expect

  • Epic fantasy with a generational reach
  • A broad, multi-perspective reading experience

Where it sits

Dragons & Mythic Creatures80%
Epic Fantasy73%
Fantasy Romance48%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Coming-of-Age
Authors
Samantha Shannon, Ellie Kendrick, Sheila Atim
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Published
March 5, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy