An Evening with Samantha Shannon
Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, Somerset BA1 1NG
7pm
7.30pm
Join us for an evening with Samantha Shannon, the internationally bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree, for a lavishly reimagined tenth anniversary edition of the first in the sensational Bone Season series.
Welcome to Scion. No safer place.
The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld.
The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing.
When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal - and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.
'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ... Lavish, ebullient, escapist' The Times