When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country inn with an intriguing treasure map, he thinks he’s scouted an easy and lucrative victim. Attaching himself to odd traveler Penric seems simple enough, but when Roz’s old enemies catch up from behind, his plans take a turn for the much worse. When Pen’s claim that I never travel alone proves true in ways Roz never imagined, his world becomes more frightening still—but also much wider than he’d ever dared to dream.

In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come.

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.

Dopo essere sfuggita alla Gilda degli Assassini, la giovane guerriera Dubhe deve liberarsi dalla maledizione che le è stata inflitta. L'unico che può salvarla è Sennar, il più potente tra i maghi, compagno e complice di Nihal, ritiratosi nelle Terre Ignote al di là del fiume. Intanto la sanguinaria setta ha trovato il modo per riportare in vita Thenaar, il Dio Nero, dopo lunghissimi anni di attesa. Manca soltanto la vittima sacrificale, il corpo che dovrà accoglierne la reincarnazione, e il prescelto è San, il nipote di Sennar e Nihal. Mentre Ido, lo gnomo, proteggerà San dalla caccia feroce della setta, Dubhe dovrà confrontarsi con il più spaventoso dei nemici: Rekla, la Guardia dei Veleni, colei che l'ha incatenata alla maledizione, ma anche colei che ha dovuto subire lo smacco e la vergogna della sua fuga.