A rebel who becomes a queen The hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series – a ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy of extraordinary imagination
Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bone Season series. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London. samanthashannon.co.uk / @say_shannon
An ebullient, gloriously complicated fantasy ... The characters
feel grippingly real. Shannon unravels her tangled tale in
galloping prose *****
*Daily Telegraph*
Like treasures unearthed by mudlarks, Samantha Shannon’s
alternative world is studded with fabulous language ...With a sharp
eye on the politics of identity, Shannon transports us into a world
where the oppressed are pitted against one another in the struggle
for survival ... Explosive
*Daily Mail*
Easily the most politically engaged of any of the contemporary
dystopian fantasies … Ever since HG Wells’ The War Of The Worlds
there has been a slight aversion to looking at the global
consequences of such dystopias and Shannon seems to be taking that
wider view … There is so much intrigue and escapade, character
development and imagination here … We have four books to go. I am
more than willing to wait
*Scotland on Sunday*
A whopper of a denouement … Shannon's brilliance is that she is not
afraid of change, both for her characters and her setting … The
25-year-old remains a name to watch
*Independent*
The third book sees feisty heroine Paige Mahoney take on the
dangerous role of Underqueen, ruling over London’s criminal
population
*Daily Express*
My recent shore-side reads have included Samantha Shannon’s The
Song Rising
*Red*
PRAISE FOR THE MIME ORDER: "A riveting page-turner … She creates a
convincing world defined by its own invented logic
*Mail on Sunday*
It goes hell-for-leather, all poltergeists and grisly murders and
pitched battles in the catacombs of Camden
*Sunday Times*
Thrusting readers back into the world of Paige and a more detailed
journey through future London. The novels are hugely imaginative
... Part Hunger Games dystopia, part urban fantasy
*Independent on Sunday*
A triumphant blend of Orwellian dystopia and China Miéville
nonconformity ... Shannon’s ability to take classic tropes, such as
forbidden love and dystopian societies, and give them a
well-knuckled twist is to be admired ... Set to become a
trailblazer for young talent
*Independent*
Shannon has continued to build on this imagined world with
intricacy, and Paige’s voice comes through to deliver a suspenseful
story
*Washington Post*
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