{"product_id":"9781620401392","title":"The Bone Season : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bone Season\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Samantha Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling first novel in the Bone Season series, an epic fantasy about a young woman fighting to use her powers and stay alive in an England entirely different from our own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2059, Scion has taken over most of the world's cities, promising safety for all the citizens it deems worthy and wiping out clairvoyants wherever it can find them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaige Mahoney, though, is a clairvoyant--and a criminal just for existing. Paige is determined to fight Scion's power, and as part of the Seven Seals, Paige has found a use for her powers: she scouts for information by breaking into others' minds as they dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants highly—as soldiers in their army.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom, Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious motives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bone Season\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a compelling heroine—a young woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has been taken from her. It 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Truly extraordinary and thrilling.” —\u003ci\u003eAndy Serkis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[The Bone Season] invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is definitely your new crack, full of juicy worldbuilding and heroic weirdness.” —\u003ci\u003eIo9.COM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing enough to keep me up late to finish...There's a distinct Margaret Atwood wash to Shannon's dystopian universe, and echoes of Anthony Burgess's \u003ci\u003eClockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e in the colorful lingo.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A dark and exquisitely rendered fantasy unlike anything out there. \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Season\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read.” —Kami Garcia, coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] dazzingly brainy, witty, and bewitching tale of outrageous courage, heroic compassion, transcendent love, and the quest for freedom...the first in a thoughtful fantasy series by a brilliant young writer.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rad” —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781620401392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596502282446,"sku":"9781620401392","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_86a25c78-8455-4929-ab5e-3e4e51bda9a6.jpg?v=1637860148","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781620401392","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}