The Priory of the Orange Tree

Author: Samantha Shannon New Paperback Pages: 848 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date: February 18, 2020 ISBN-10 ‎1635570301ISBN-13 ‎978-1635570304 Overview: 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 all her life to be a dragonrider, 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.