<b>Allow me to introduce your newest fantasy obsession</b> … Remarkably fresh and frankly fearless … Works so well as an intricately realised and feminist fantasy that <b>one might even be tempted to dub Samantha Shannon ‘The female George R.R. Martin</b>’ … As with the best of fantasy, <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> feels less like a book than it does an experience, a true sojourn into a rich and terrible new world

Hypable

<b>A magnificent epic</b> … Crammed with subversion and feminism, and written with tough, poetic assurance

Metro

<i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> is <b>a brilliant, daring, and devastating jewel</b>. Samantha Shannon has crafted an incredible world full of depth and danger, with characters I would follow to the ends of the earth. It was a privilege to read, and <b>I’m in awe of her talent</b>. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to experience this book

Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series

Sensual … <b>Majestic </b>… Blending politics with high adventure and the epic with the intimate, <b>the narrative builds like a tidal wave</b> before sweeping towards an awesome, climactic finale

Daily Mail

<b>An entirely fresh and addicting tale</b> … A celebration of fantasy that melds modern ideology with classic tropes. More of these dragons, please

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

<b>A masterpiece</b> of intricate world-building with the depth, complexity, heart and soul of a timelessly relevant classic. Brilliant, diverse, feminist, subversive, thought-provoking and masterfully told, <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree </i>is <b>epic fantasy at its finest</b>. The scope of the book is staggering, as is Shannon’s deft command of language ...<b> An absolute must-read</b>

Karen Marie Moning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Highlander and Fever series

<b>Nothing short of extraordinary.</b> An audacious, ambitious, sprawling epic, set across a world like no other, <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> takes everything you think you know about high fantasy, rips it apart and remakes it ... <b>Nothing short of game-changing</b> ... <b>An absolute masterclass in story telling</b>, from one of the most exciting and innovative fantasy writers alive today. With it, Samantha Shannon has set the bar stratospherically high. <b>This is the book of 2019</b>

Melinda Salisbury, author of The Sin-Eater’s Daughter

<i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> feels like <b>a feminist successor to <i>The Lord of the Rings</i></b><i> </i>- something I don't say lightly. <b>Epic and awe-inspiring</b> in its scope, its rich, diverse world captivated me. I loved each complex narrator, all wonderfully human heroes and anti-heroes, and adored sinking into the world Samantha Shannon has created with such heart and beauty. This <b>deserves to be as big as </b><i><b>Game of Thrones</b> ...<b> </b></i>An expertly woven saga that feels very relevant for the contemporary world we live in

Laure Eve, author of The Graces

<b>An epic fantasy destined to be a classic</b>. A world crafted with <b>such intricacy and detail</b>, I had to remind myself it was not a real place. <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> is one of those rare novels that <b>captures your imagination so completely you will read it over and over</b>, until the cover cracks and the spine breaks

Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Beautiful Creatures and author of Unbreakable

Move over, Tolkien – you had a good run, but it's high time fantasy had a Queen

Holly Roberts, bookseller

There is no doubt that Samantha is<b> the real thing </b>… <b>A born storyteller</b>

Observer

Shannon’s <b>brilliance </b>is that she is not afraid of change, both for her characters and her setting … <b>A name to watch</b>

Independent

Samantha Shannon has a <b>hugely inventive talent</b> and an imagination with <b>seven league boots</b>

Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black

<b>An astonishing achievement</b>. The roots of Shannon's world lie in real history, but <b>its branches stretch far into the imagination. </b>Many authors can paint different names onto familiar concepts; Shannon goes further, building new religions and histories and conflicts, with all the rich detail necessary to bring them to life

Marie Brennan, author of The Memoirs of Lady Trent

<i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i> is the Platonic Ideal of a fantasy novel. A <b>rich and stirring</b> tale of magic and queens, swords and dragons, assassins and sorcerers, it is thronged with women: strong women and queer women, gorgeous women and powerful women, brilliant women and dangerous women. Men, too, of course. This story of good and evil, struggle and triumph, love and loss and return is <b>beautifully written: complex but clear, and utterly immersive. I loved this book</b>

Nicola Griffith, author of Hild

Shannon satisfyingly fills this massive standalone epic fantasy with court intrigue, travel through dangerous lands, fantastical religions, blood, love, and rhetoric

Publishers Weekly