![]() Shannon offers us four separate stories from her world 500 years prior to the events of The Priory and those stories revolve around the central moment of the eruption of the Dreadmount volcano, the prison into which The Nameless One had been banished in mythology. So when her prequel appeared on NetGalley, even at a somewhat intimidating nearly 900 pages, I leapt at it. Although Samantha Shannon had declared that The Priory of the Orange Tree was a standalone novel, it is testament to the world she created that it has called back to her and drawn her back in to tell some of the other stories of her world, It was also a fantastic read, turning a number of fantasy tropes on their heads and introducing us to some badass female characters in Tane the dragon rider, Ead the warrior mage – as well as Queendoms, enchanted swords, evil witches and of course lots of dragons. ![]()
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