Author: Samantha Shannon
Published: February 2019
Pages: 848
Legend goes that one thousand years ago, Galian Berethnet—with the mystical sword of Ascalon—binded the Nameless One to the abyss. But following a millennium of peace, the enchantments that kept the fire-breathing dragon from reigning Inys are near-vanished, and the sleeping power will soon rise with an awakened vengeance. Meanwhile, three empires are verging on civil and imperial war. In the West, Queen Sabran the Ninth of the House Berethnet must conceive an heiress before she loses hold of her throne, but assassins are closing in on her. In the South, Ead Duryan has pledged the Priory, a secret order of female mages, who have entrusted her with watching over the Western Queen, and under the veil of her lady-in-waiting. In the East, young dragon-rider Tane must choose whether or not to report a fugitive and potentially plague-ridden seafarer. And the circling threats make their destinies interlocking.
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