The Day the Night Fell

Samantha Shannon takes readers back to the universe of "The House of the Orange Tree," showing what this world was like in a distant past. Five centuries have passed since Princess Kleolinda's victory over the Nameless - the red dragon that erupted from the depths of the earth and brought a great plague. The outcome of the battle was decided by the orange tree with its magical fruits... But the princess had no doubt: the day would come when the dragon would return. Therefore, she founded the House of the Orange Tree, where warrior women were raised who could give a worthy response to the spawn of the Mountain of Horror...

For more than a decade, Tunuva, the keeper of Kleolinda's grave, has lived in the house. She is skilled with weapons, but the measured life of the secret stronghold offers no chance to wield them, as since the times of the Nameless, dragons have not disturbed the peace of the peaceful inhabitants, and many have begun to doubt that the terrible guest will once again emerge from the fiery abyss. The young heiress of the kingdom of Inis, Glorian, daughter of Sabran the Ambitious and the king known as the Hammer of the North, is convinced that her future reign will be remembered for centuries. But for now, she remains in the shadow of her great parents, while misfortunes follow closely behind her. 

High in the mountains of Dumai, the daughter of a maiden servant and a singer of the gods dreams of seeing dragons in the sky. And one day she learns who she is... And when the eruption of the Mountain of Horror begins, proclaiming an era of terror and violence, these women, so different by birth and upbringing, must find the strength within themselves to protect humanity from the destructive threat. And perhaps, the flower among the ashes will serve as proof that life goes on... For the first time in Russian!