“A Day of Fallen Night” is not for the faint of heart; its length is staggering and its epic, sometimes overwhelming plot can trip up those unaccustomed to the high fantasy genre.

With “A Day of Fallen Night,” Shannon is guaranteed an entrenched position in the fantasy world and genre, and will surely be an author who is read for years to come. Daily Arts Writer Lillian Pearce ...

I know they say not to judge books by their covers, but after one look at Samantha Shannon’s "A Day of Fallen Night," I felt certain a book that beautiful had to be filled with something great ...

Samantha Shannon’s new book A Day of Fallen Night is available from February 28 (Picture: Bloomsbury Circus) ‘I like to give roles to women who have different kinds of strength,’ she adds.

Fallen Night can be looked at as a prequel to Priory, the 31-year-old author says. “It was an interesting challenge for me as an author to build the same world, but 500 years earlier.