This story of good and evil, struggle and triumph, love and loss and return is beautifully written: complex but clear, and utterly immersive. 'This magnificent epic of queens, dragonriders, and badass secret wyrm-slaying priestesses is a tour de force, and my new absolute favorite epic fantasy.' - Laini Taylor, NYT bestselling author of the Strange the Dreamer and Daughter of Smoke and Bone series 'An epic fantasy destined to be a classic.' - Kami Garcia, #1 NYT bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of Unbreakable The Priory of the Orange Tree, which arrives on bookshelves February 26, 2019, is a fantasy in the classical sense: a massive epic (800 pages, plus, naturally, an appendix) set in an imagined world rife with heroes, villains, beauty, danger, palace intrigue, andof coursedragons. I'm in awe of talent.' - Victoria Aveyard, #1 NYT bestselling author of the Red Queen series An incredible world full of depth and danger, with characters I would follow to the ends of the earth. The Priory of the Orange Tree By Samantha Shannon In Stock Online Yet with her latest book, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Shannon upends the precedent, delivering readers a complex, intricate, and complete high fantasy story in one gravid volume, itself containing six internal books.

'A brilliant, daring, and devastating jewel. 'An astonishing achievement.' - Marie Brennan, award-winning author of The Memoirs of Lady Trent series Brilliant, diverse, feminist, subversive, thought-provoking, and masterfully told, The Priory of the Orange Tree is an absolute must-read.' - Karen Marie Moning, #1 NYT bestselling author of the Highlander and Fever series 'Shannon satisfyingly fills this massive standalone epic fantasy with court intrigue, travel through dangerous lands, fantastical religions, blood, love, and rhetoric.' - Publishers Weekly A celebration of fantasy that melds modern ideology with classic tropes. Brilliant, diverse, feminist, subversive, thought-provoking, and masterfully told, The Priory of the Orange Tree is an absolute must-read. This extraordinary saga includes heroism, romance, friendship, pirates, plague, diplomacy, and, of course, dragons.

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