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
