The Pale Dreamer

Scion London is a dystopian version of the capital where clairvoyance is a crime, and voyants who survive there do so in gangs that keep their own laws. A valuable and dangerous poltergeist has gotten loose in the middle of the city. If nobody catches it soon, the chaos will reach the streets.

Sixteen-year-old Paige Mahoney works for Jaxon Hall, the most notorious mime-lord in London. Jaxon is sure she has a powerful gift that has never yet shown itself. Her place in his gang, the Seven Seals, is not settled.

Rival gangs want the poltergeist as a prize and will go to any length to take it. For Paige the hunt is a chance to prove Jaxon right and secure her standing among the Seven Seals.

This novella is a prequel to the Bone Season series, set about three years before The Bone Season, and it runs to 78 pages. It stands alone and can be read at any point in the series. New readers get an introduction to the world, and existing readers get a look at how the Seven Seals began.