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The Bone Season: Author's Preferred Text
The New York Times bestselling first novel in the sensational Bone Season series, a heart-pounding epic fantasy by the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
"Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing." NPR
Welcome to Scion. No safer place.
The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe.
In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing.
When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal - and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.
With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and "complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching" (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.
The highly anticipated fifth novel in the Bone Season series, The Dark Mirror, will be released on February 25, 2025!
Book Details
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date: May 14th, 2024
- Pages: 624
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.25in - 5.57in - 1.67in - 1.28lb
- EAN: 9781639734184
- Recommended age: 14-UP
- Categories: • Fantasy - Urban• Literary• Science Fiction - Action & Adventure
About the Author
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Samantha Shannon is an author.
Announcing the 10th Anniversary Tour for THE BONE SEASON! See Samantha talk about her new version of #TheBoneSeason at seven stops across the UK this summer. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/cB2PjWsisg https://t.co/wWfLSZfYFh
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Announcing the 10th Anniversary Tour for THE BONE SEASON! See Samantha Shannon @say_shannon talk about her new version of #TheBoneSeason at seven stops across the UK this summer. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/NSBvAu5FCp https://t.co/AtBH6lZNG3
in a class i hate so im making a new book twt acct: gr goal: 52 (1 down :')) current read: fire endless by rebecca ross fave book: priory of the orange tree authors i always read: samantha shannon (pending bc i havent read the bone season lol) and leigh bardugo let's be moots! <3
Praise for this book
"Compelling . . . a heroine every bit as gutsy as Katniss Everdeen. J.K. Rowling's now-grown readers are the natural audience for this complex fantasy . . . There's great imagination at work here." --People
"[The Bone Season] invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien." --USA Today
"The Bone Season has got a lot going for it, particularly its clipped pace and exciting story line. The future Shannon presents is frightening and well-imagined, and her complex hierarchy is fascinating." --Washington Post
"Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing . . . Shannon has remarkable talent for world-building . . . . but her most sublime otherworldly creation is the complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching Paige Mahoney." --NPR.org
"A dystopian thriller that delivers . . . . [The Bone Season] gallops along . . . daring its readers to keep up even as it sinks in its hooks with crackerjack action [and] deftly-accentuated conflict . . . Shannon has a faultless instinct for the prerogatives of storytelling, for the engine that makes an adventure novel go . . . It's the sort of novel you inhale in two or three days." --Salon
"Engaging and exciting. It's energetic, imaginative, and engrossing . . . Buy it, read it, and enjoy." --TOR.com
"[A] dazzlingly brainy, witty, and bewitching tale of outrageous courage, heroic compassion, transcendent love, and the quest for freedom . . . the first in a thoughtful fantasy series by a brilliant young writer." --Starred review, Booklist
"This book is for those who like their dystopian science fiction multilayered, philosophical and complex." --Kirkus Reviews
"Shannon offers up a richly imagined debut . . .The internal mythology is complex and intriguing, the emotional struggle is captivating, and the pace rarely falters as Paige unravels the mysteries and dangers of her new home." --Publishers Weekly
"Part Lisbeth Salander, part Oliver Twist . . . the strong and resourceful Paige is a memorable heroine . . . One buzz book that just might merit its hype." --The Book Case on BookPage.com
What people are saying
Samantha Shannon is an author.
Announcing the 10th Anniversary Tour for THE BONE SEASON! See Samantha talk about her new version of #TheBoneSeason at seven stops across the UK this summer. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/cB2PjWsisg https://t.co/wWfLSZfYFh
We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
Announcing the 10th Anniversary Tour for THE BONE SEASON! See Samantha Shannon @say_shannon talk about her new version of #TheBoneSeason at seven stops across the UK this summer. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/NSBvAu5FCp https://t.co/AtBH6lZNG3