A Day of Fallen Night: A Roots of Chaos Novel (The Roots of Chaos)

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It's a sweeping tale that spans the Grief of Ages (a time Priory readers will recognise from the world's history) with perspectives from all across it's vast map.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The novel draws strength from the power of a woman's choice, giving the characters a depth of fortitude that is masterful in its craft and execution.The only difference is her battlefields are council chambers, her weapons are letters and treaties, and her armour is Virtudom itself. our characters were easy to care for and therefore you found yourself rooting for their journey from the start. She also knows when she need not strike at all – when her shadow, her presence, is more than enough. it's an expansive epic … Shannon skillfully grounds high-stakes fantasy action in human emotion and a mature exploration of duty, bodily autonomy, identity, and motherhood.

Their journeys sweep the reader along, compelled by a thrilling plot of peril and warfare, but utterly captivated by the heartfelt relationships, the simmering romances, the betrayals, the loss and the love. Because the world is swimming with Wyrms burning down cities and people, and the Councils and politicians want to sit down and discuss the future of the kingdoms!Fantasy fans, rejoice: The beloved Samantha Shannon is bringing readers back to the world of bestseller The Priory of the Orange Tree in this standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night.

It was a brilliant choice to establish so many varying geographies and cultures so that we could see how similar things affected each land differently and in which ways the lands each chose to combat them. The role of queen is not one she desires, the eternal vine of Berethnets is not a destiny she wants to claim. Intricate and epic, A Day of Fallen Night sweeps readers back to the world of A Priory of the Orange Tree, showing us a course of events that shaped it for generations to come. There are rumours that the Dreadmount has erupted, spewing forth wyrms and other destructive creatures.I feel like we’re in a real golden age of fantasy that’s exploring diversity from lots of different perspectives, and telling lots of stories that need to be heard at the moment — I feel really honored to be working within that space. Glorian Berethnet, the sole heir to her throne and the fifteen-year-old figurehead of her religion; Tunuva Melim, who has dedicated fifty years of her life to the Priory and to her goddess; and Dumai of Ipyeda, whose journey and relationship with the slumbering gods of the East will go on to define history.