The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon Series: The Bone Season #1 Genres: British Literature, Dystopian, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Ghosts Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on August 19, 2013 Format: Hardcover Pages: 466 Welcome to Scion. No safer place. The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal – and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy. Part urban paranormal fantasy, part futuristic dystopia, Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season is a wildly ambitious novel and a unique series starter that’s full of conflicting elements that on paper should not work. Additionally, it throws the reader into the thick of it with a list …
