The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

Why are the country labels all in the ocean with no boundary lines? What kind of a map is this??

Tané

outsider.

Cape Hisan

Orisima,

Free State of Mentendon.

Lacustrine,

Seiikinese

Niclays Roos

woman.

Ascalon,”came

Inysh.

Knight of Fellowship

“Sulyard.

Sabran

Chief Officer

Centuries ago, the First Warlord of Seiiki had signed the Great Edict and closed the island to all but the Lacustrine and the Mentish, to protect its people from the Draconic plague. Even after the plague abated, the separation had endured. Any outsider who arrived without permission would be put to death. As would anyone who abetted them.

Galian

dragon.

Queen Tower

Privy Chamber,

Queen of Inys

Roslain Crest

Sabran

Ladies of the Bedchamber.

Katryen...

Horn Ga...

Knights of th...

Great Bed...

Sir Gules Heath

Ead,

her

Annoying habbit of starting new sections with proniuns before introducing the character by name. Fake suspense. Cheap trick.

Master of the Posts,

Ascalon,

Lasia.

Laundress.

Great Kitchen,

stabl...

Royal Sanctuary.

Though Draconic creatures had been stirring from their long slumbers for years, sightings had remained uncommon—yet the last few months had seen several. It boded ill that the beasts were growing bold enough to hunt in settled areas.

Royal Library,

Ascalon Palace—a

was the largest and oldest of the residences of the House of Berethnet, rulers of the Queendom of Inys. The damage wreaked upon it in the Grief of Ages, when the Draconic Army had mounted its year-long war against humankind, had long since been erased.

Sabran

Loth

Lord Kitston Glade.

Sabran had worn her disquiet like a cloak, but Ead had kept hers quiet and close.

I dont think the author understands comparisons. A cloak keeps you hidden so somebody wearing sonething like a cloak would keep that something quiet and close

Lord Arteloth Beck.

Every autumn, the court would come together to exchange gifts and rejoice in their unity

Virt...