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 intricately imagined world-building, slow burn romance, and "complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching" (NPR) heroine, The Bone Season series shows master of fantasy Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.

Author: Samantha Shannon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.57w x 1.67d
ISBN: 9781639734184
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Samantha Shannon is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London. samanthashannon.co.uk / @say_shannon