A Day of Fallen Night

Today's fiction post is on A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. It is 880 pages long and is published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The cover has a blue Asian dragon on it. The intended reader is someone who likes epic fantasy. This is a prequel to Priory of the Orange Tree but you can read this novel as a stand alone. There is mild foul language, sex and sexuality, and violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of different characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose.
To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be.
The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.
When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.

Review- This is an incredible fantasy novel. It is in the same world as Priory of the Orange Tree. It takes place in the past and deals with a uprising of the fire dragons. Like Priory, the story is told from all over the globe with characters dealing with the same problems. This novel puts many things from Priory into motion and explains some things and why some people are where they are. We see more of the kingdom of Seiiki and how the Rainbow Throne ended and the beginning of the dragon riders. So much happens in this novel and I hope that Shannon has more planned. Shannon is a great writer, she knows how to balance world building with character development. She never overwhelms the reader with details, instead everything in the novel happens naturally and the reader is with the characters as the plot moves. I highly recommend this novel. 

I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.