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.
