The Bone Season #1-3: The Bone Season, The Mime Order, The Song Rising

The Bone Season #1-3

by Samantha Shannon

London, 2059. In the Republic of Scion, clairvoyance is illegal, but a criminal underworld thrives in its shadows. Unique among clairvoyants, Paige Mahoney is a dreamwalker, capable of possessing other people – and under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing.

Elsewhere, however, there is a seat of power even greater than Scion. And they have a different design for Paige and her uncommon abilities . . .

In these sweeping, extraordinary books, Paige will rise to become the leader of a revolution like no other, determined to bring justice to a world that will stop at nothing to destroy her.

Genres: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

1496 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 20, 2020

About the author

Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series. From 2010 to 2013 she studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Her fourth novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019), was her first outside of the series. It has sold over a million copies in English alone, and was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night (2023), won the gold medal in the Fantasy category at the Ippy Awards 2024.

Samantha's work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Her most recent book is The Dark Mirror (2025), the fifth instalment in the Bone Season series.

Reviews

[Bruce]

These are the first books that I've read by Samantha Shannon (but not the last). Well written. Lots and lots of detail about the world of Scion and the voyants. Well developed characters with their own voices (e.g., Maria or Jaxon). Very, very impressed.

[Angela]

26 April 2020: $2.99 on Kindle

[Melina]

Interesting ideas mixed together in terms of world building, but the same old boring young girl savior falls in love with her immortal mentor. boring.

[Sarah Haner]

Just the write story to detract me from my stressful life.

[Celeste]

Nothing to say but these books were incredible and I loved every second of them.

[Tanya]

I’ve chosen to share my thoughts in his grouping instead of 3 separate reviews. Samantha Shannon has created a complicated world between clairvoyants or the unnaturals. The first book is an adjustment period to get used to the terminology and characters. The plot is interesting with creative twists that gives the protagonist strength while at the same time her weakness doesn’t make her appear whiney. I like the story and was not surprised to see a company picked it up for film. It would totally work.

[LaurLusk]

Loved this

Very different, sucks you in. Easy to read, but lots of definitions to memorize which make it more complicated. Im utterly devoted to Paige and Warden!