#a day of fallen night

[sshannonauthor]

Hello, Tumblr:

Just popping in, after a long absence, to tell you about the pre-order campaign for my Author's Preferred Text editions of the Bone Season series.

As you may know if you've followed me for a while, I wrote my debut novel, The Bone Season, when I was nineteen and still at university. For its tenth anniversary last year, I decided to re-approach the book with ten years' more writing experience under my belt, and have since revised the whole series to bring it in line with the first. Bloomsbury has given the revised series a beautiful new look, with jackets illustrated by Ivan Belikov, the artist behind The Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night.

The first book is available in hardback now, and the other three are coming in May, in either hardback or paperback. The audiobooks will also be revised, with narration by Alana Kerr Collins. You can pre-order them here.

If you're pre-ordering from the US, the UK or Canada, you can claim a beautiful art print of Paige and Warden by artist Erica Chan. Details here.

I hope you enjoy the revisions as much as I've enjoyed working on them.

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The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. 

In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. 

When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal – and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.

#the bone season #the priory of the orange tree #a day of fallen night #the mime order #samantha shannon #the song rising #the mask falling #roots of chaos #tpotot #adofn #the dawn chorus #the pale dreamer

[may12324]

did you miss my sketch dumps? I have been reading A Day of Fallen Night, ohohohoh boy. so many hot ladies in this book. Also Canthe is terrible but I love hate her <3

#canthe is terrible but she moves the plot so we love her for that #adofn #tpotot #a day of fallen night #the roots of chaos #tunuva #tuva #canthe #esbar #wulf #wulfert glenn #thrit #glorian #glorian berethnet #my art

[layaart]

Dumai from A Day of Fallen Night 🌟

#a day of fallen night #the roots of chaos #illustration #prints on my store now! #her clothes are not quite accurate (should be a black coat etc etc) but i had a colour palette in mind okay #as with dragon colour #art #digital art #fantasy books #roots of chaos #samantha shannon #book fanart #2024 fanart

[brbarou]

adofn dump...i just really love this book ok

#a day of fallen night #adofn #the roots of chaos #art #fanart #tunuva melim #esbar du apaya uq-nãra #siyu du tunuva uq-nãra #canthe (adofn) #wulfert glenn #samantha shannon #books

[fallenight]

the priory of the orange tree and a day of fallen night are so perfect bc you have povs of many strong, amazing, interesting and complex women and then you have that one pov of some pathetic little guy who is miserable 24/7 😭

#the priory of the orange tree #a day of fallen night #tpotot #adofn #eadaz uq nara #ead duryan #sabran berethnet #miduchi tané #tunuva melim #noziken pa dumai #glorian berethnet #niclays roos #wulf glenn #roots of chaos

[lizormianillustration]

mother, we are your daughters. we remember. we remain.

#a day of fallen night #the priory of the orange tree #tunuva melim #glorian berethnet #noziken pa dumai #samantha shannon #illustrators on tumblr #illustration #artists on tumblr

[questwithambition]

Every Sunday I have breakfast in bed and read for at least an hour, and it’s something I look forward to every week

#would 100% recommend #along with a “no alarm Sunday #questwithambition #studyblr #studyspo #books #bookblr #food #cosy #reading #bookworm #Babel #rf kuang #a day of fallen night #samantha shannon #(which I still haven’t finished because I’m saving the rest of it for post hand in so I can actually have the energy to #deal with the emotions and all that)

[kienava]

you’ve got to be careful reading fantasy books that are also romances because when the horny scenes arrive they’ll say shit like “i had a dream you were still a godsinger, and i was your shrine” and “i may not be your queen, but i am yours, and you will find that i can be very generous”

#samantha shannon i owe you my life. and i would also like to invite you to swordfight me in the denny's parking lot #the priory of the orange tree #a day of fallen night #a day of fallen night spoilers #anyway kuposa nikeya are you free on friday night when i am free #books

[the-book-ferret]

I like big books and I cannot lie!

#thebookferret #books #booklr #book worm #book nerd #book pets #book addict #book photography #bibliophile #ferret #ferrets of tumblr #pets of tumblr #wasabi #samantha shannon #a day of fallen night

[themuseoftheviolets]

a day of fallen night

the priory of the orange tree

#screaming crying throwing up #adofn #tpotot #kuposa pa nikeya #noziken pa dumai #dumai of ipyeda #a day of fallen night #the priory of the orange tree

[rebiesque]

#my art #adofn #a day of fallen night #samantha shannon #noziken pa dumai #dumai #furtia stormcaller #id in alt text

[winter2468]

In theory, Kalyba should find it easy to hook up with someone. She’s a beautiful, immortal, powerful witch. Plenty of people would go for that! But she’s exclusively attracted to people who don’t want her back.

So important of Samantha Shannon to invent this sexy evil witch and then say “also, she’s a bit pathetic”. So important.

#kalyba only goes for people who are already taken #this is not a priory quote #kalyba #canthe #tpotot #adofn #a day of fallen night #the priory of the orange tree #ead #eadaz du zāla uq nāra #eadaz uq nara #tunuva #tuva #tunuva melim #galian berethnet

[may12324]

Tuva and Esbar

#adofn #a day of fallen night #the roots of chaos #samantha shannon #esbar #tuva #tunuva #my art

[layaart]

a day of fallen night 🗡☄

#a day of fallen night #the roots of chaos #samantha shannon #book fanart #books #a struggle to choose objects/symbols for this!! that fit together and have good vibes out of context #(there are like 20 thousand more dumai-related objects i have bullet pointed...but like nothing for wulf or glorian...lol..) #sometimes things are good symbolically but just don;t work aesthetically #illustration #artists on tumblr #art #2023 fanart

[aroaessidhe]

Aromantic Adult Books - High Fantasy (mostly)

ARO WEEK 2023

KAIKEYI /  historical fantasy/retelling / aroace MC

MOONSHINE /  1920s-ish fantasy / major side character who has some POV is aro bi

THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES / fantasy novella / aro MC

AN ACCIDENT OF STARS  /  upper YA/adult portal fantasy / secondary MC is a polyam married aro woman

A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT  / high fantasy / apparently one of the MCs is aroace, haven’t read it yet!

CITY OF STRIFE/ISANDOR SERIES / high fantasy / last cast includes multiple aroaces, demiros & greyros

THE WOLF AMONG THE WILD HUNT  / fantasy novella / centres a QPR between and aroace & enby

THE ORACLE STONE / NA high fantasy / one of the three MCs is aro pan

THE BRUISING OF QILWA / fantasy novella / MC is aroace

*as a note, some of these only briefly explore aromanticism, and/or explore the ace part of the aroace character more. If you want more details on how much things are explored, see my database!

#aromantic #aromantic books #aroweek2023 #arospec awareness week #aro books #KAIKEYI #THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES #A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT #CITY OF STRIFE #ISANDOR #THE BRUISING OF QILWA #asaw #aro week #aroweek #aro week 2023 #ok after i made this post i saw the author of the oracle stone call it upper-YA......sure i guess #i mean a lot of this is on that crossover level

[shallanspren]

i actually really love how samantha shannon is handling trans/nonbinary characters in her roots of chaos world. they blend seamlessly into her world building, so much so that i don't always notice there's something different. non binary noble? they sure as fuck don't want to be called lord or lady! they are styled 'lade'.

someone uses they/them pronouns? cool! we're not going to waste time going through an explaining that. it's just instant, all our characters refer to the person's preferred pronouns without any second thought.

she really keeps saying, yeah? this story has dragons and witches and wyverns. and it's gonna be queernorm too. don't like it? well fuck off.

#the roots of chaos #a day of fallen night #a day of fallen night spoilers #adofn spoilers #the priory of the orange tree #you can tell she really puts so much thought into how best to represent people #and make her fantasy world a safe space for everyone #while still diving into deeply complicated and dark themes #but while you're reading this story #you can be assured that your characters won't be persecuted for not being cis or het