The Song Rising is a 2017 supernatural dystopian novel by British writer Samantha Shannon, the third in The Bone Season series.
Newly crowned as Underqueen, Paige Mahoney has a great deal to worry about: Jaxon, who has revealed himself as a traitor, has vowed vengeance against her.
Kirkus Reviews calls The Song Rising "never less than captivating," and "a tantalizing, otherworldy adventure with imagination that burns like fire.
"[1] Publishers Weekly finds that the "narrative is fueled by a constant sense of tension, as well as both internal and external conflict," and yet that "some of the mythology related to the otherworldly Rephaim remains hard to grasp, somewhat diminishing the story’s overall strength.
"[2] The Scotsman reviewer is particularly impressed with how Shannon evokes the cities and places in the novel, and that the narrative of The Song Rising, including scenes of torture and deprivation, "make this series of books easily the most politically engaged of any of the contemporary dystopian fantasies.