The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

The Bone Season

A Novel

Samantha Shannon, Alana Kerr Collins, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury USA · Print & ebook · February 7, 2017

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.

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Who it’s for
Accessible, edgy fantasy with a thriller pulse and room to sink in.
Genres
Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy
Published
Bloomsbury USA, February 7, 2017

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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.

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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.

Edge and Atmosphere

Accessible, edgy fantasy with a thriller pulse and room to sink in.

Come here for

  • dark fantasy edges
  • romance under pressure

Expect

  • steady immersion
  • classroom-friendly entry point

Where it sits

Urban Fantasy65%
Paranormal Fantasy51%
Fantasy47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Paranormal Fantasy
  • Urban Fantasy
Authors
Samantha Shannon, Alana Kerr Collins, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Published
February 7, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy