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The Roots of Chaos

By Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon returns to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree, following four women whose choices shape an age of magic, war, and dragons. Tunuva Melim, a veteran sister of the Priory, has spent decades preparing to fight wyrms that have not appeared in her lifetime, while younger acolytes question their order’s purpose. In the northern Queendom of Inys, princess Glorian grows up in the shadow of her politically powerful parents, content to remain unnoticed. Far to the east, temple acolyte Dumai works to rouse sleeping gods, until a figure from her mother’s past disrupts everything she knows, just as the eruption of the Dreadmount unleashes monsters and forces all three realms to confront an ancient, world-altering threat.
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Books in the Series

A Day of Fallen Night

A Day of Fallen Night

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon returns to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree, following four women whose choices shape an age of magic, war, and dragons. Tunuva Melim, a veteran sister of the Priory, has spent decades preparing to fight wyrms that have not appeared in her lifetime, while younger acolytes question their order’s purpose. In the northern Queendom of Inys, princess Glorian grows up in the shadow of her politically powerful parents, content to remain unnoticed. Far to the east, temple acolyte Dumai works to rouse sleeping gods, until a figure from her mother’s past disrupts everything she knows, just as the eruption of the Dreadmount unleashes monsters and forces all three realms to confront an ancient, world-altering threat.
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Among the Burning Flowers

Among the Burning Flowers

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon, illustrated by Rovina Cai, returns to the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree at an earlier, volatile moment in its history. In sunlit Yscalin, princess Marosa Vetalda lives under the control of her distant father, King Sigoso, while her intended, Aubrecht Lievelyn, effectively governs Mentendon and dreams of political reform. Far from court, Estina Melaugo tracks dormant draconic creatures, sensing that their long sleep is ending as the great wyrm Fýredel begins to stir. Blending epic fantasy, court intrigue, war, and queer themes, this adult novel explores how fragile alliances and private loyalties hold against the return of fire-breathing dragons.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) by Samantha Shannon is a fantasy novel set in a world where the House of Berethnet has ruled the queendom of Inys for a millennium. Queen Sabran the Ninth faces pressure to produce an heir amid threats from assassins, while her lady-in-waiting Ead Duryan secretly protects her using forbidden magic. Across the sea, Tané trains to become a dragonrider but confronts a pivotal choice that could change her fate. The story explores political tension between East and West as ancient forces of chaos begin to stir.
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