A thrilling return to the 'Bone Season'

IT HAS been a while since a fantasy novel pulled me in, but Samantha Shannon's The Dark Mirror reminded me why the genre still thrills when done well.

- LIESL VAN DER SCHYFF

The fifth Bone Season book isn't just a continuation of Paige Mahoney's fight against the Republic of Scion; it's a confident, full-blooded story that stands on its own.

Paige Mahoney wakes with six months of her life missing. She's far from London and the revolution she's supposed to lead, stranded in Venice with only fragments of memory. From that first scene, the tension never loosens. Shannon throws Paige into a maze of canals, masked strangers and secret deals as she hunts for the truth and for Arcturus Mesarthim, the enigmatic Warden who might hold both her past and the key to stopping Scion's next move.