A Day of Fallen Night

By Samantha Shannon,

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'A magnificent, sweeping epic' JENNIFER SAINT, Sunday Times-bestselling author of ARIADNE 'Shannon is simply a master of the genre' C. S. PACAT, New York Times-bestselling author of DARK RISE 'A tremendous triumph' LONDON SHAH, award-winning author of the LIGHT OF THE ABYSS series ____________________ A return to the world of…

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1 author picked A Day of Fallen Night as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I absolutely adored The Priory of the Orange Tree, and so when this book came out, I dived right into it as soon as the stunning paperback arrived in my mailbox.

As with Priory, it’s a sweeping tale with multiple point-of-view characters who are all dynamic and interesting. Fallen Night is set generations before Priory so you don’t need to read one to enjoy the other, but reading both gives you fantastic journey into an incredibly rich fantasy world.

I had my favourites amongst the different POV characters I found Dumai’s story the most compelling of all…

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