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A Day of Fallen Night

By: Samantha Shannon
Narrated by: Ellie Kendrick, Sheila Atim, Thoren Ferguson, Hanako Footman, Samantha Shannon, Saara El-Arifi
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Bloomsbury presents A Day of Fallen Night, by Samantha Shannon, read by Ellie Kendrick, Sheila Atim, Thoren Ferguson and Hanako Footman. This audiobook features an exclusive interview with Samantha Shannon and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife and Faebound, Saara El-Arifi.

**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**

'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 gorgeous, glittering epic' DAILY MAIL
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A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree
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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.

Intricate and epic, A Day of Fallen Night sweeps listeners back to the world of A Priory of the Orange Tree, showing us a course of events that shaped it for generations to come.

**Chosen as a book of 2023 by the Metro, Cosmopolitan, Nerd Daily, PinkNews and Waterstones**

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Samantha Shannon (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Firstly, this is a great story beautifully read by multiple narrators. The story is complex, and having a different narrator for each POV/region really helps differentiate between them and stops the multiple plot strands from getting confused.

Secondly, the book is completely centred around women. There is only one male POV character. This is utterly refreshing Not only that, but the characters are multi-generational, and they menstruate, and navigate menopause and childbirth and have to practically deal with those things while travelling or in battle. Hooray for realism.

Multiple genders and sexualities are represented, in a very natural and non- forced way.

It works both as a stand alone novel, and as a prequel to Priory. This world is both deep and wide, and I very much hope Samantha Shannin gives us many more stories set here.

Epic fantasy done right.

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An amazing world with complex characters delivered by beautiful performances. This has all the elements of a traditional fantasy novel with additions of complex female characters, queer stories, and varieties of dragons.

I cannot recommend this book or this series highly enough if you love fantasy.

A Truly Epic Fantasy

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Excellent escape into fantasy. Despite its length which appears excessive, it never loses its intensity and interest. Enjoyed it immensely. Great follow
Up to Priory.

Fun ride

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Everything you liked about Priory of the Orange Tree, but better as the author has improved so much!

You also don’t have to have read Priory, in fact, as it’s a prequel you might like this better if read first.

Best fantasy novel of 2023

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Fantastic Sapphic fantasy. Took me a few chapters to get properly into it (lots of unusual names of characters/places to learn initially), but I was hooked by the end.

All narrators did a great job, though it's always a bit weird when a character who is primarily voiced by one narrator appears in another narrators chapter with a different voice.

The interview with Samantha at the end is a great addition!

Fantastic Sapphic fantasy

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