Enter into dystopian London's criminal underworld in the second rebellious book of theNew York Timesbestselling dark fantasy series, The Bone Season.
Paige Mahoney has escaped the clandestine prison city of Oxford. Now a fugitive in London, she nurtures a new taste for revolution.
Oxford may be behind her, but the Republic of Scion is undefeated. As it turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, she is forced to return to Jaxon Hall, her charismatic and brutal employer, to keep her foothold in the underworld.
But Paige will bow to one now, and not even Jaxon will stop her exposing the corruption in the syndicate. As she plots to win the fabled Rose Crown, both sides of an ancient conflict seek her talents for themselves.
With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.
The stunning second novel in theNew York TimesbestsellingBone Seasonseries, now updated and repackaged for the series' tenth anniversary.Samantha Shannonis the
New York Timesbestselling 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
This series is the best . . . Paige Mahoney has my whole heart . . . Nobody writes like Samantha Shannon! Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of AN EMBER IN THE ASHES series
An intoxicating urban-fantasy series . . . Shannon's haunting dystopian universe is rich in detail, consistent, suffused with familiar afternotes . . . Like Paige Mahoney, Shannon now has proven staying power. Her fans will be calling for more. NPR.org
A gripping sequel. US Weekly
If anyone was wondering how Shannon would stretch this story into seven books, the gut punch of the llC"