If you like court intrigue, this is the book for you! SO GOOD! There’s action, romance, and a LOT of court intrigue. The Easterners seek to protect themselves through a partnership with good dragons, and the Westerners through religion. BOTH cultures tell the story of the Nameless-One, a terrifying dragon who seeks to bring doom on the world, and both live in fear of his eventual return. These two halves of the world are estranged by a Millennium-long trade ban for reasons that become clear as the book goes on. The East is more or less like East-Asian cultures in our world, and the West is similar to our Europe and Middle-East.

But, basically, there is this fantasy world divided between East and West. And there is only so much you can explain without giving away too much. It’s really hard to provide a summary of this novel because there is so. By the end of the novel I was turning pages so quickly that my brain could barely keep up with my eyeballs.įirst of all, don’t let the lackluster blurb scare you off. But The Priory of the Orange Tree managed to deliver on a stand-alone story that was intriguing, surprising, romantic, and exciting all at once. It has been a loooooong time since an epic fantasy has lived up to my expectations.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.Īcross 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. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction-but assassins are getting closer to her door.Įad Duryan is an outsider at court. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years.

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