A Day of Fallen Night

The novel centres on Tunuva Melim, who belongs to the Priory and has spent five decades preparing to kill wyrms. No such creature has shown itself since the Nameless One, and younger members are beginning to doubt what the Priory is for. Northward, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious weds the new King of Hr th, a match that barely keeps both realms from disaster. The story sets a long, watched-for duty against a hard-won peace, and asks what either is worth.

Why You Should Read?

• Meet Tunuva Melim, who belongs to the Priory and has trained for fifty years to slay wyrms.
• Follow the younger generation as it begins to doubt what the Priory is for.
• Discover Sabran the Ambitious and her marriage to the new King of Hr th.
• Understand how that union in the north barely spares both realms from ruin.

About the Author

Samantha Shannon is a British author born on 8 November 1991. She writes queer dystopian and fantasy fiction. Her first novel, The Bone Season, was published in 2013 and opens a series of books.