The Mime Order
- Authors: Samantha Shannon
- Series: Book 2 in the Bone Season series
- Type: Novel
- Genres: Young adult fantasy
- Rank:Top 500 in Best Urban Fantasy Books on Amazon
- Rating: 4.5 based on 3,600 reviews
- Release Date: May 14, 2024
- Print length: 560 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
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.
Praise for The Mime Order
Shannon creates vividly dilapidated, macabre, and mysterious worlds... The nonstop, often eerie action is riveting... A Clockwork Orange meets A Tale of Two Cities meets Harry Potter in this clever, caring, and spellbinding tale, which promises more to come... as Shannon's exceptional fantasy saga continues.
With a unique plot, impeccable world-building and important character connections, The Mime Order outshines its predecessor and becomes an intelligent, adventurous read.
Her legion of fans will once again be here for the propulsive plot.
Full of the action, turns, and surprising revelations that readers have come to expect from Shannon, this new installment ends on a wholly unexpected twist.
An intoxicating urban-fantasy series... Shannon's haunting dystopian universe is rich in detail, consistent, suffused with familiar afternotes... Like Paige Mahoney, Shannon now has proven staying power. Her fans will be calling for more.
Shannon’s world-building is original and intriguing, especially the complex, almost mythic voyant underground.
[A] must-read for fans of criminal escapades... With the recent release of revised editions, now is the perfect time to start The Bone Season before the next three books are released.
[The Mime Order] will solidify the series' rightful place among the best of fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian fiction
A gripping sequel.
If anyone was wondering how Shannon would stretch this story into seven books, the gut punch of the last line in The Mime Order will instead have them on tenterhooks for the next five.
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