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Samantha Shannonová

    8. november 1991

    Táto autorka sa preslávila rozsiahlymi fantasy svetmi a komplexnými postavami. Jej rozprávanie často skúma témy moci, identity a spoločenských hierarchií, pričom sa vyznačuje bohatým jazykom a starostlivo prepracovanými detailmi. Čitatelia oceňujú jej schopnosť vytvárať uveriteľné svety, ktoré pôsobia živo a vtiahnu do deja.

    Samantha Shannonová
    The Priory of the Orange Tree
    The Mime Order
    The Song Rising
    A Day of Fallen Night
    The Mask Falling
    Zber kostí
    • Zber kostí

      • 380 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Svet fantasy si uzurpuje nový druh autoriek, pričom na čele stojí Samantha Shannonová, výnimočná mladá autorka s veľkými ambíciami. Jej román predstavuje podmanivú hrdinku, mladú ženu, ktorá sa učí ovládať svoju moc vo svete, ktorý ju o všetko pripravil. Píše sa rok 2059, a významné svetové mestá ovláda bezpečnostná mocnosť Scion. Paige Mahoneyová pracuje v zločineckom podsvetí Londýna ako súčasť tajnej bunky známej ako Sedem pečatí. Je vzácnym typom jasnovidca, no v tomto svete sa jasnovidci dopúšťajú velezrady už tým, že dýchajú. Keď Paige chytia a uväznia, objaví silu ešte zlovestnejšiu ako Scion. Jej väzenie je izolované mesto Oxford, pod nadvládou mocnej rasy z iného sveta, Refaimcov, ktorí si cenia jasnovidcov ako vojakov. Paige pridelia refaimskému pánovi, Správcovi, ktorý sa má postarať o jej výcvik. Aby získala slobodu, musí sa dozvedieť viac o jeho mysli a záhadných pohnútkach. Samantha Shannonová vytvorila fascinujúci svet, ktorý vás vtiahne tak, že zabudnete na všetko okolo. Zber kostí je intenzívne rozprávanie s fascinujúcimi postavami a výraznou zápletkou, a je to prvá kniha zo sedemdielnej série. Témou zločineckého podsvetia a jasnovidectva ponúka fascinujúci pohľad na budúcnosť.

      Zber kostí
      3,8
    • 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 . . .

      The Mask Falling
      4,5
    • A Day of Fallen Night

      • 868 stránok
      • 31 hodin čítania

      In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come. 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 Day of Fallen Night
      4,4
    • The Song Rising

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      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...

      The Song Rising
      4,3
    • The Mime Order

      • 528 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London. As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take centre stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community. Then the Rephaim begin crawling out from the shadows. Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street to the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be decided.

      The Mime Order
      4,2
    • The New York Times bestselling "epic feminist fantasy perfect for fans of Game of Thrones" (Bustle).

      The Priory of the Orange Tree
      4,1
    • Dvě novely, které doplňují románovou sérii Kostičas a strhující příběh krajinochodkyně Paige Mahoneyové.Bledý snílek se vrací do dob, kdy bylo Paige teprve šestnáct let a v kriminálním podsvětí patřila k nováčkům. V nebezpečném srdci Londýna utekl cenný poltergeist, kterého je nutné dopadnout dřív, než způsobí chaos. Jenže o takovou vzácnost, jako je poltergeist, usiluje každý člen syndikátu a soupeřící gangy jasnovidců se nezastaví před ničím. Paige prožije křest ohněm, aby se ke gangu Sedmi pečetí mohla přidat. Píseň úsvitu se odehrává mezi závěrem románu A zrodí se píseň a začátkem čtvrtého dílu Když spadne maska. Paige a Arcturus právě dorazili do pařížské citadely Scion. Vyčerpané Paige nezbývá nic jiného než zůstat v úkrytu, daleko od revoluce, kterou začala. Snaží se zotavit a vyrovnat se se svými duševními i fyzickými zraněními. Po týdnech odloučení se Arcturus a Paige začínají sbližovat.

      Bledý snílek ; Píseň úsvitu
      3,9
    • S láskou tě nenávidím

      • 388 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Soubor třinácti povídek o literárních záporácích od nejlepších YA autorů současnosti. V této jedinečné antologii se spojilo třináct nejlepších autorů young adult literatury s třinácti vlivnými booktubery, aby společně sepsali příběhy z pohledu často nepochopených záporáků. Přesvědčí vás, že nic není černobílé. Dejte proto druhou šanci Sherlocku Holmesovi nebo Medúze a užijte si povídky Marissy Meyerové, Somana Chainaniho, Samanthy Shannonové, Victorie Swabové, Nicoly Yoonové a dalších.

      S láskou tě nenávidím
      3,2
    • Bone Season: The Dark Mirror

      • 576 stránok
      • 21 hodin čítania

      The highly anticipated fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series-an epic and spellbinding fantasy from the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 By: Goodreads * Barnes & Noble * Screen Rant * The Nerd Daily * Paste Magazine * Book Riot Everything is about to change. Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade-but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. Her journey back to the revolution soon takes her to Venice, where the Domino Programme has uncovered evidence of a secret Scion plan. Before Paige can return to London, she must help the network unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist, which threatens to bring Europe to its knees in weeks. And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories-Arcturus Mesarthim-might also hold the key to thwarting Scion, allowing the revolution to strike an unprecedented blow . . . With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and “complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching” (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.

      Bone Season: The Dark Mirror
      4,8