THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE - THE ROOTS OF CHAOS 1
HE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'The new Game of Thrones' Stylist
'Puts Samantha Shannon in the same league as Robin Hobb and George R.R. Martin. Shannon is a master of dragons' Starburst
'Epic fantasy with added dragons. A blockbuster' Guardian, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it.
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
SAMANTHA SHANON
Samantha Shannon studied English Language and Literature at St. Anne's College, Oxford. The Bone Season, the first in a seven-book series, was a New York Times bestseller and the inaugural Today Book Club selection.
Her next novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree, was published in February 2019 and became a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London.
Edad: adultos jóvenes
Edad: adultos jóvenes
SHANNON SAMANTHA
Samantha Shannon nació el 8 de noviembre de 1991 en Hammersmith, Londres, y creció en Ruislip. Comenzó a escribir a los quince años, cuando creó su primera novela inédita titulada Aurora. Estudió Literatura y Lengua Inglesas en St Anne's College, Oxford, graduándose en 2013. Ese mismo año publicó su primera obra, The Bone Season, inicio de una serie de siete libros que se convirtió en best seller internacional y fue traducida a más de veinte idiomas. En 2019 publicó El priorato del naranjo, consolidándose como una de las voces más destacadas de la fantasía contemporánea. Vive en Londres y continúa escribiendo nuevas entregas.
