Why we’re excited
Paige Mahoney has been abroad for months and is ready to go home to Scion and Arcturus. A detour to Iceland, where the Ranthen are picking a new leader, ends in bloodshed and sends her running through the Alps and the streets of Lyon. Along the way she has to work out where clairvoyance comes from, and what she herself is.
This is book six of seven in Samantha Shannon's Bone Season series, which began in 2013, so newcomers should go back to The Bone Season. Shannon also wrote The Priory of the Orange Tree, and her readers have waited a long time for this run toward the finale.
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What to know about The Moth Reborn
The Moth Reborn is Book 6 in the The Bone Season series. Start with Book 1, The Bone Season. The book just before this one is The Dark Mirror.
Samantha Shannon is a familiar name here: 3 of Samantha Shannon’s books have full reviews, averaging 4.0 out of 5. The one we rated highest is Among the Burning Flowers (4★).
It sits at No. 12 on our February 2027 most-anticipated list, which ranks the month's books by how many readers have saved them.
From the publisher
The epic and heartbreaking penultimate novel in the million-copy bestselling Bone Season series from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Samantha Shannon.
'Blazing a trail for a new generation of feminist fantasy authors'
Grazia
'Truly extraordinary and thrilling' Andy Serkis
The world has been plunged into chaos. Beyond the Republic of Scion, humans now know that gods walk among them.
After months abroad, Paige Mahoney is ready to reunite with Arcturus and finish the fight they started together. Before returning to Scion, they accept an invitation from the Ranthen, who are choosing their new leader in Iceland – only for the night to end in violence.
Forced to go on the run through the unforgiving Alps, the labyrinths of Lyon and beyond, Paige must now solve the mystery of her own existence – and the origins of clairvoyance – to save the revolution. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be shattered, and ancient truths will be unearthed.
Sweeping, suspenseful and emotionally charged, the sixth instalment Bone Season novel cements Samantha Shannon as a master of epic storytelling as the series hurtles towards a breath-taking finale.
'Part fantasy, part dystopia, all intrigue. It's a world of impressive scope'
Vogue
'A masterclass in page-turning prose' Saara El-Arifi
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We haven’t read The Moth Reborn yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
