The Bone Season: Author's Preferred Text

By Samantha Shannon

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163973418X
• ISBN13: 9781639734184
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Wow alright this is pretty cool.

I really liked this book. It made me put my hand to my head in disappointment in the way that only a stubbornly foolish heroine can make me do. I simultaneously love and hate our MC. I love the world Shannon has designed and the imagery I get from these characters, but I got disappointed at some of the plot choices. I felt like it somehow blended Victorian, ghoulishness, and modern/postmodern elements in a way I didn’t think possible. Author Shannon, you certainly have my attention. Did I like that little trope you threw in at the end, no. But, am I still getting the next book in the series? Yes. Yes, I most definitely am. I need to see the rest of this world you’ve designed for us.