The Bone Season
Bloomsbury has launched the official book teaser trailer for The Bone Season. The Bone Season is the first book in a new series of fantasy books which are due out on the 20th August with huge anticipation. The book has already been developed for a film directed by Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Studios. Samantha is 21 years old and nearing the end of her degree at Oxford University. The book has already received critical acclaim despite this being the debut novel from this young author:
'Truly extraordinary and thrilling.' Andy Serkis
'A new breed of women authors are claiming fantasy as their own. Leading the charge is Samantha Shannon.' Harper's Bazaar
'A dark and exquisitely rendered fantasy unlike anything out there. The Bone Season is a must read.' Kami Garcia, co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series
'Samantha Shannon has a hugely inventive talent and an imagination with seven league boots. She's hit the ground running.' Susan Hill
Set in 2059, Paige Mahoney is nineteen and working in Scion London, her main responsibility to break into people’s minds. She is attacked, drugged and kidnapped and taken to Oxford, somewhere that has been a secret for two hundred years. Paige is given a warden who will train her, he is her enemy but she has little choice than to succumb to his direction if she wants her freedom back.