The Song Rising

Paige Mahoney now holds the title of Underqueen, ruler of London's clairvoyant syndicate. She won it in a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, but the victory has left the underworld fractured and her vengeful enemies still free to strike.

Paige gathers her army of criminals to steady her territory, and the task looks harder with every week. At the same time she keeps meeting in secret with Arcturus Mesarthim, who was once her enemy. If anyone discovers these meetings, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

Then Scion introduces Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for clairvoyants. Paige has little time to find a way to stop it, or her reign will end in bloodshed. Every plan she makes has to account for the new threat as well as the old ones.

This is the third book in the Bone Season series, set in the dystopian world of Scion. It takes Paige deep into London's underground and pairs a slow burn romance with the politics of a criminal underworld. The worldbuilding is detailed, and the pressure on Paige builds as Senshield closes in on the clairvoyants she rules.

Whether she can hold the syndicate together long enough to answer Scion is the question that drives the book.