The Dark Mirror

Samantha Shannon’s new novel returns to the world of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree — the extraordinary fantasy universe she has been building for a decade, in which magic, history, and political power intersect in ways that reward careful attention. In The Dark Mirror, a new protagonist navigates a world in which the balance of magical and political forces is shifting, and in which the choices made at the individual level will determine the shape of civilisations.

Shannon writes fantasy with the same seriousness and the same formal intelligence that the best literary fiction demands — her world-building is intricate, her characters are psychologically real, and her prose carries genuine weight.

For fans of Shannon’s previous work — and for anyone who believes that fantasy at its best is as serious and as rewarding as any other form of fiction. Published by Bloomsbury.