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The Dark Mirror: Author's Preferred Text

by Samantha Shannon

A revolution at risk across Scion’s Europe

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    The Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2025

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025

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A revolution at risk across Scion’s Europe

In the fifth Bone Season novel, Paige Mahoney finds herself beyond Scion’s borders with six months missing from her memory. Her search for a way back to the revolution leads to Venice, where the Domino Programme has uncovered a secret Scion operation. Paige must help the network investigate before returning to London, while the possibility that Arcturus Mesarthim can restore her memories connects her personal mystery to the resistance’s chances against Scion. The setup brings together lost time, underground organizing, and a threat with consequences for Europe, extending the series’ conflict beyond London.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following Paige Mahoney and the ongoing Bone Season series.
  • Fans of paranormal fantasy centered on resistance networks and political threats.
  • Readers interested in a fantasy plot that links a character’s missing memories with a wider revolution.

Themes

Memory and identityResistance and revolutionPolitical powerSecrets and conspiracy

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Book overview

Escape into a Europe in the shadow of Scion as Paige Mahoney gathers allies in the free world in the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series, The Bone Season.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 By: Goodreads * Barnes & Noble * Screen Rant * The Nerd Daily * Paste Magazine * Book Riot

Everything is about to change.

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade - but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory.

Her journey back to the revolution takes her to Venice, where the Domino Programme has uncovered evidence of a secret Scion plan. Before Paige can return to London, she must help the network unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist, which threatens to bring Europe to its knees in weeks.
And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories - Arcturus Mesarthim - might also hold the key to thwarting Scion, allowing the revolution to strike an unprecedented blow . . .

With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and "complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching" (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.

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