The Day the Night Fell
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The Day the Night Fell
19.99 €
Samantha Shannon returns readers to the universe of The Abode of the Orange Tree, showing what this world was like in the distant past. Five centuries have passed since Princess Cleolinda defeated the Nameless One, a red serpent that burst from the bowels of the earth and brought with it a great pestilence. The outcome of the battle was decided by the orange tree with its magical fruit.... But the princess had no doubt: the day would come when the serpent would return. So she founded the Orange Tree Abode, where they raised warriors who would be able to give a worthy rebuff to the creature of the Mountain of Terror ... Tunuva, the guardian of Cleolinda's tomb, spent decades in the monastery. She is an excellent wielder of weapons, but the measured life of the secret stronghold does not promise a chance to put it to use, because since the time of Nameless snakes have not disturbed the peace of civilians, and many have already begun to doubt that the terrible guest will reappear from the fiery abyss. Glorian, the young heiress of the kingdom of Inis, daughter of Sabran the Ambitious and the king nicknamed the Hammer of the North, is sure that her future reign will be remembered for centuries. But for now, she is in the shadow of her great parents, and misfortune follows on her heels. High in the mountains, Dumai, daughter of a servant maiden and singer of the gods, dreams of seeing dragons in the sky. Then one day she discovers who she is.... And when Mount Terror erupts, heralding an age of terror and violence, these women, so different in birth and upbringing, must find the strength to protect humanity from the devastating threat. And maybe a flower among the ashes will serve as proof that life goes on.....
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