The Bone Season
The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing.
It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her trainer. Her natural enemy. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die.
The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine and 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.
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Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon’s name has become synonymous with sprawling, intricate fantasy worlds where magic, politics, and deeply complex characters collide. Best known for her The Priory of the Orange Tree and The Bone Season series, Shannon has carved a niche for herself as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary fantasy. Her stories are bold, expansive, and filled with a profound sense of wonder that captures the imagination of readers around the world.
Born in the UK, Shannon’s love for storytelling was cultivated early. Growing up, she was enchanted by fantastical tales and soon began weaving her own. Her academic background in English Literature and her passion for mythology and world-building laid the foundation for her writing career. Her debut series, The Bone Season, takes place in a vividly constructed world where clairvoyants live in a tense, divided society—blurring the lines between reality and the supernatural. The complex world-building, combined with her unique take on clairvoyance and its consequences, immediately set her apart in the crowded fantasy genre.
The Bone Season
In a world where the boundaries between the living and the dead blur, The Bone Season takes readers on a thrilling, otherworldly ride through a dystopian London where clairvoyants are hunted and the hidden world of the Rephaim threatens to unravel everything.
Paige Mahoney, a rare "dreamwalker" with the power to enter other people's minds, is captured and dragged into a secret Oxford controlled by the mysterious Rephaim. These otherworldly beings are not only beyond human comprehension—they’re also masters of manipulation, using their powers to control and dominate the human world. Once there, Paige is forced into servitude and must navigate a complex world of deadly politics, strange alliances, and a power struggle that could change the fate of both humans and the beings they fear.
The Bone Season consists of five books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
