Samantha Shannon Livres

Un tour de force épique et magistral. Un monument de la fantasy et de la littérature. Un monde divisé. Un reinaume sans héritière. Un ancien ennemi s'éveille. La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis près de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX qui rechigne à se marier doit absolument donner naissance à une héritière pour protéger son reinaume de la destruction, mais des assassins se rapprochent d'elle... Ead Duryan est une marginale à la cour. Servante de la reine en apparence, elle appartient à une société secrète de mages. Sa mission est de protéger Sabran à tout prix, même si l'usage d'une magie interdite s'impose pour cela. De l'autre côté de l'Abysse, Tané s'est entraînée toute sa vie pour devenir une dragonnière et chevaucher les plus impressionnantes créatures que le monde ait connues. Elle va cependant devoir faire un choix qui pourrait bouleverser son existence. Pendant que l'Est et l'Ouest continuent de se diviser un peu plus chaque jour, les sombres forces du chaos s'éveillent d'un long sommeil... Bientôt, l'humanité devra s'unir si elle veut survivre à la plus grande des menaces.

The Sunday Times bestseller, from the bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange TreePaige 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. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war.As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them -- and could end with them . . .

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. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate. When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.

A rebel who becomes a queenThe hotly anticipated third book in the bestselling Bone Season series - a ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy of extraordinary imaginationFollowing a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population. But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. Little does Paige know that her reign may be cut short by the introduction of Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for the clairvoyant community and the world as they know it...

In this epic fantasy thriller, Paige Mahoney finds herself outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in years, with a significant portion of her memory erased. As she journeys back to the revolution, she uncovers a dangerous secret in Venice that could alter the war between humans and immortals. Tasked with helping the Domino Programme expose Operation Ventriloquist, Paige realizes that recovering her memories may be linked to Arcturus Mesarthim, who holds the key to Italy's fate. The narrative is both lyrical and action-packed, showcasing Samantha Shannon's storytelling prowess.