The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos #1)

Series: The Roots of Chaos #1

Goodreads Rating: 4.18 (242,502)

Goodreads Nominee of Readers Favorite Fantasy 2019

Condition: Used. Bottom right of front cover coming apart. 

Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, LGBT

ISBN: 978-1-4088-8335-8

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 to be a dragonrider since she was a child, 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.