The Priory of the Orange Tree : The multi-million-copy bestselling fantasy series

Author: Shannon, Samantha

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 February 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Roots of Chaos’ series.

Paperback | 848 pages, 1 double-spread illustrated map, 2 x single spread maps
132 x 199 x 58 | 644g

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.

Epic Guardian’Majestic’ Daily Mail’The new Game of Thrones’ StylistAn 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, Tan 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…