The Bone Season

by Samantha Shannon

Book Overview

From the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree, the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Bone Season series, an epic fantasy about a young woman fighting to use her powers and stay alive in an England entirely different from our own.

In 2059, Scion has taken over most of the world's cities, promising safety for all the citizens it deems worthy and wiping out clairvoyants wherever it can find them.

Paige Mahoney, though, is a clairvoyant--and a criminal just for existing. Paige is determined to fight Scion's power, and as part of the Seven Seals, Paige has found a use for her powers: she scouts for information by breaking into others' minds as they dream.

But when Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants highly-as soldiers in their army.

Paige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom, Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious motives.

The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine-a young woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has been taken from her. It also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632868482
• ISBN13: 9781632868480
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• 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.