There is no question over whether or not you should pick up The Mime Order. It is a MUST.

Guardian

The novels are hugely imaginative

Independent on Sunday

A trailblazer … The way Shannon’s characters shift, backstab and fall are as fascinating as the twists and turns of the plot

Independent

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<i>The Mime Order</i> … is, if anything, more accomplished and imaginative than <i>The Bone Season</i>… I’m left wondering where Paige and Shannon will go next … Wherever she does go, I will follow

Scotland on Sunday

Shannon throws you into this rich, grimy near-future world

<b><i>The Times</i></b>

A riveting page-turner

Mail on Sunday

Gripping, edge-of-the-seat plotting ... Fabulous

Goes hell-for-leather, all poltergeists and grisly murders and pitched battles in the catacombs of Camden

Sunday Times

A stunning new edition of the second novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.

Paige Mahoney has escaped the secret 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 Scion 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 only one now, and not even Jaxon will stop her exposing the corruption in the syndicate. As she plots to with the fabled Rose Crown, both sides of an ancient conflict seek her talents for themselves.

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The second instalment in the international bestselling series, by the author of the The Priory of the Orange Tree
Bloomsbury have sold over 1.3 million copies of Samantha Shannon's work globally: seeing an 85% year-on-year sales growth in 2021 alone. This includes over 374,000 copies of the Bone Season series, and over 667,000 copies of The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Product details

ISBN
9781526664808
Published
2024-05-09
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
380 gr
Height
126 mm
Width
190 mm
Thickness
38 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
560

Biographical note

Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Bone Season series and the Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. She lives in London.

samanthashannon.co.uk / @say_shannon