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Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be. The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities.

It is a dark time for clairvoyants. Scion is in league with the Rephaim, an extraordinarily powerful, otherworldly race that intends to make humans its slaves. In an unprecedented feat of bravery, Paige Mahoney has succeeded in leading a mass break-out from the brutal camp, Sheol I, where she and other clairvoyants were systematically imprisoned. Paige is desperate to reach the safety of the London underworld, but the ruthless leader of the Rephaim, Nashira Sargas, is not likely to let her escape so easily…

Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal.

Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and sent to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between factions that seek Scion’s downfall and those who would kill to protect the puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles.

A dreamer is born - the exhilarating prequel to the ground-breaking, extraordinary Bone Season series. In the perilous heart of Scion London, a dangerous and valuable poltergeist is on the loose - and it must be caught before chaos erupts on the streets of the capital. Here, the clairvoyant underworld plays by its own rules, and rival gangs will stop at nothing to win such a magnificent prize. Sixteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working for Jaxon Hall, the most notorious mime-lord in the city. He thinks she is hiding a powerful gift.

Paige Mahoney has escaped the clandestine prison city of Oxford. Now a fugitive in London, she nurtures a new taste for revolution. Oxford may be behind her, but the Republic of Scion is undefeated. As it turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, she is forced to return to Jaxon Hall, her charismatic and brutal employer, to keep her foothold in the underworld. But Paige will bow to one now, and not even Jaxon will stop her exposing the corruption in the syndicate.

Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be. The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber.

Es el año 2059. Scion se ha apoderado de la mayoría de las ciudades del mundo, prometiendo seguridad y estabilidad para todos los ciudadanos que considera dignos y eliminando a los clarividentes allí dondequiera que pueda encontrarlos. Paige Mahoney es una joven de diecinueve años clarividente y por ello considerada una criminal, por el simple hecho de existir. Paige está decidida a luchar contra el poder de Scion, y como parte de los Siete Sellos, Paige ha encontrado la manera de usar sus poderes: buscar información entrando en la mente de los demás mientras sueñan.

Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion’s downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim’s puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Programme has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim - her former enemy - at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles.

POR LA AUTORA DE EL PRIORATO DEL NARANJO Y EL DÍA QUE SE ABRIÓ EL CIELO. TERCER LIBRO DE LA SERIE LA ERA DE HUESOS. UNA REBELDE QUE SE CONVIERTE EN REINA. Después de una sangrienta batalla contra sus enemigos, Paige Mahoney se ha elevado a la peligrosa posición de Subseñora, gobernando así sobre la población criminal de Londres. Sin embargo, después de haberle dado la espalda a Jaxon.

Una fugitiva que no será silenciada. Son malos tiempos para los clarividentes. Scion se ha aliado con los refaítas, una raza de otro mundo extraordinariamente poderosa y que tiene la intención de convertir a los humanos en sus esclavos. En una proeza de valentía sin precedentes, Paige Mahoney ha logrado liderar una fuga masiva del brutal campamento, Sheol I, donde ella y otros clarividentes fueron encarcelados sistemáticamente.

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Eine Welt voller Drachen, starker Frauenfiguren und politischer Intrigen - umwerfender Fantasy-Stoff grandios erzählt! In ihrem epischen Fantasy-Roman Der Orden des geheimen Baumes hebt Samantha Shannon das Genre auf die nächste Stufe. Mächtige Frauen lenken und beeinflussen das Schicksal ihrer Welt, ob als Königin, Magierin oder Drachenreiterin. Doch die Welt ist geteilt: Während im Westen alle Drachen als absolut böse verdammt werden, werden diese im Osten als göttergleiche Wesen verehrt.

Sie ist stark, sie ist schnell, und sie kann etwas, was sonst niemand kann: die Gedanken anderer auskundschaften. In einer Welt, in der Freiheit verachtet und Träume verboten sind, wächst die junge Paige zu einer Kämpferin heran. Doch dann wird sie erwischt und in eine geheime Stadt verschleppt, in der ein fremdes Volk herrscht, die Rephaim. Und wo sie Warden trifft, den jungen Rephait mit den goldenen Augen. Er ist das schönste und unheimlichste Wesen, das sie je gesehen hat.

Königin Sabran ist in ihrem eigenen Palast gefangen. Sie setzt alles daran zu entkommen, doch erst als die Magierin Ead vom Kloster des geheimen Baumes zurückkehrt und sie unterstützt, gelingt ihr die Flucht. Gemeinsam brechen sie auf, um das magische Schwert Ascalon aufzuspüren, die einzige Waffe, die den namenlosen Drachen töten kann. Doch in den verbotenen Wäldern finden sie nicht nur Hoffnung. Sabran muss auch erkennen, dass ihr ganzes Leben auf einer schrecklichen Lüge fußt. Hat sie überhaupt noch das Recht, sich Königin von Inys zu nennen?

Paige Mahoney lebt. Doch seit ihrer Flucht zurück nach London ist sie die meistgesuchte Person der Stadt. Sie muss sich wehren. Aber dafür braucht sie Verbündete. Wenn sie es schafft, die geheimen Gruppen der Denkerfürsten im Untergrund zu vereinen, könnte die Rebellion gelingen und das diktatorische System von Scion gestürzt werden. Doch diese Gruppen sind zutiefst verfeindet und denken überhaupt nicht an einen gemeinsamen Aufstand.

Sie ist stark, sie ist schnell und sie kann etwas, was sonst niemand kann: die Gedanken anderer auskundschaften. In einer Welt, in der Freiheit verachtet wird und Träume verboten sind, wächst die junge Paige zu einer Kämpferin heran. Doch dann wird sie erwischt und in eine geheime Stadt verschleppt, in der ein fremdes Volk herrscht, die Rephaim. Und wo sie Warden trifft, den jungen Rephait mit den goldenen Augen.