Just as we are getting our heads round a galaxy of potentially interesting characters, Paige is trapped by Scion guards, killing two by invading their minds. Given her penchant for helping unfortunates, she is inexplicably content under the wing of a viciously self-interested mime-lord called Jaxon, head of London's most successful syndicate of voyants, the Seven Seals. Our heroine is feisty Paige Mahoney, an unusually gifted clairvoyant classified as a dreamwalker. It is set in 2059, in a parallel England taken over since 1901 by Scion, a republic dedicated to stamping out the clairvoyance that had become a threat to the empire ever since the reign of Edward VII – no, not that Edward VII, but his son Prince Eddie, who outlived his father rather than pre-deceasing him, and who was reputed to have been Jack the Ripper. Samantha Shannon has a fertile imagination, and there are promising elements. Get money off this title at the Independent book shop
But its author, who has just completed an English degree at Oxford, may live to regret committing herself to seven books. Yes, it's published by Bloomsbury, six sequels are planned and the film rights have been sold yes, blood is found nourishing by some characters yes, teenagers have to hurtle through forests confronting fantastical, often bone-chewing foes, and yes, battles between aura-challenging voyants are big. If you liked Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and The Night Circus, don't expect too much of The Bone Season.
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