THE 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.
