The Priory of the Orange Tree EXCLUSIVE EARLY EXTRACT

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Pub Date 26 Feb 2019 | Archive Date 3 May 2019

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From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing, epic high fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons – and the women who must lead the fight to save it.

A world divided.

A queendom without an heir.

An ancient enemy awakens.

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, Tané 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.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing, epic high fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons – and the women who must lead the fight to save it.

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ISBN 9781408883457
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)

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Epic feminist fantasy with dragons!! I'm a huge fan of Samantha Shannon;s Bone Season series, but Priory of the Orange tree promises to be the best book of 2019. I've pre-ordered already & suggest you do the same!

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This book is going to be absolutely incredible! This extract has me so excited to get the copy I've pre-ordered, I can't wait.

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Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free sample to review.

This is amazing, I have to admit I have been really looking forward to this book and now after this sample I am even more hyped. From page one the story sucks you right in and hooks you. I mean it has dragons, strong females, writing that is beautiful and almost poetic. What more could I want (other than the full book in my hands now!) I think this will be one of my top reads of 2019 and it deserves all the praise I've been hearing

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Hard to tell from one extract, but I have a strong feeling this is likely to be one of the best fantasy novels I read all year. Ead and Tane are both engaging characters, albeit strong in very different ways, and I can't wait to see how their struggles resolve themselves. Really, though, the real star here is the world-building. I love how Samantha Shannon seems to have been inspired by eastern history: Japan's history felt very present in a lot of the world building. The dragons are just as mysterious and terrifying as I could wish for. However for me, I couldn't help but be particularly enthralled by the environment of the court. Definitely moving this one to the top of my to-read pile!

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Even just in this extract (which is pretty substantial), you can already tell that this fantasy has an epic, classic feel, but the main thing that stands out even over the quality of the writing is the sheer number and variety of female characters. It's the sort of fantasy I've always wanted and have struggled to find - plus, there are dragons!

I often find fantasy with multiple points of view to be difficult to balance, and I end up preferring one storyline to another, but here I was equally intrigued by all the different viewpoint characters, and I can't wait to see how the various plot lines entangle and entwine with each other.

I'm really, really excited for the release of this!

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