The travel that our protagonists undertook also touched on remote parts of the map that had not yet been shown. In Fallen Night, we see an expansion of the world that we know and love from Priory, finally seeing what the northern lands of Hróth and its surrounds have to show, as well as glimpsing the power plays in the eastern lands of Seiiki. Here, we met Tané, a 19-year-old orphan with aspirations to join the High Sea Guard and perhaps even become a revered dragon rider, but is faced with a choice that could threaten everything that she has spent her life training for. With the portended return of The Nameless One and the risk of total annihilation looming, East and West must find a way to put their differences aside to combat a common foe. Seiiki in the East is a Warlord-governed island nation, closed off from the West to prevent the spread of the sickness. Meanwhile, Sabran must conceive a daughter in order to further her royal line and prevent the return of The Nameless One – a monstrous fire-breathing wyrm who once spread a draconic plague. Ead is an outsider in the Queen’s court – fiercely loyal, but concealing her position within the Priory of the Orange Tree who have charged her with the protection of the Queen at all costs. We visited Virtudom in the West, where we followed Ead’s tale of a young lady-in-waiting to Queen Sabran IX of the Queendom of Inys. In Priory, we were introduced to a world steeped in lore and superstition. The story is told through the eyes of three main protagonists – Glorian, Tunuva and Dumai – each of these powerful female protagonists are unique storytellers with adventures that seem unconnected but weave together beautifully in Shannon’s signature style.
In fact, Samantha Shannon has said that A Day of Fallen Night can act as the perfect entry point for the book depending on what pace you like the story to flow. The nature of this series is that you can read each book as a standalone story or as part of the chronology. For those who haven’t yet read The Priory of the Orange Tree: don’t worry.
A Day of Fallen Night is the second book written by Samantha Shannon in her Roots of Chaos series, and is a vibrant prequel set 500 years before the events of the hugely popular The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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