THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
'Epic' Guardian'Majestic' Daily Mail'Escapism at its finest - Shannon, we salute you' Stylist An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years.
Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court.
Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages.
Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tane has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
A tour de force, and my new absolute favourite epic fantasy - Laini Taylor, author of Strange the DreamerI have been waiting my whole life for this fantasy.
It's the kind of book you never want to end.
Utterly unique, wild, and rich.
Sheer perfection - Lisa Lueddecke, author of A Storm of Ice and StarsThe new Game of Thrones.
Escapism at its finest - Shannon, we salute you.
- Stylist.
ukAllow me to introduce your newest fantasy obsession .
Remarkably fresh and frankly fearless .
Works so well as an intricately realised and feminist fantasy that one might even be tempted to dub Samantha Shannon 'The female George R.
Martin' .
As with the best of fantasy, The Priory of the Orange Tree feels less like a book than it does an experience, a true sojourn into a rich and terrible new world.
- HypableA magnificent epic .
Crammed with subversion and feminism, and written with tough, poetic assurance.
- MetroThe Priory of the Orange Tree is a brilliant, daring, and devastat.
