History Literature / TheMimeOrder

Paige has escaped from the [[PenalColony penal colony]] of Sheol I and returned to London. She can't forget what she learned in Oxford: that Scion is a puppet government controlled by the Rephaim, a race of supernatural creatures whose aim is to colonize the human world. Her only hope is the syndicate, an organized underground society of clairvoyants presided over by the Unnatural Assembly. If she can rouse them out of their petty disputes and backstage murders, they could start to fight back against the empire that's been systematically destroying voyants for two hundred years.

''The Mime Order'' is the 2015 sequel to Samantha Shannon's ''[[Literature/TheBoneSeason The Bone Season,]]'' and the second book in a series of seven installments. Set in a {{Dystopian}}, AlternateHistory England, the story follows a young clairvoyant woman named Paige Mahoney. Since 1859, when the phenomenon of [[ISeeDeadPeople clairvoyance]] first became public knowledge, England has operated under an [[ANaziByAnyOtherName oppressive and strongly anti-voyant government]] known as Scion. Paige belongs to a class of criminal voyants who use their contact with spirits and the spirit world (known as the æther) to make a living while avoiding the authorities. Paige herself is a rare kind of voyant known as a "dreamwalker," capable of [[AstralProjection separating her spirit from her physical body]] and entering the æther in spirit form.

''The Mime Order'' is the 2015 sequel to Samantha Shannon's ''[[Literature/TheBoneSeason The Bone Season,]]'' and the second book in a series of seven installments. Set in a {{Dystopian}}, AlternateHistory England, the story follows a young clairvoyant woman named Paige Mahoney. Since 1859, when the phenomenon of [[ISeeDeadPeople clairvoyance]] first became public knowledge, England has operated under an oppressive and strongly anti-voyant government known as Scion. Paige belongs to a class of criminal voyants who use their contact with spirits and the spirit world (known as the æther) to make a living while avoiding the authorities. Paige herself is a rare kind of voyant known as a "dreamwalker," capable of [[AstralProjection separating her spirit from her physical body]] and entering the æther in spirit form.

''The Mime Order'' is the 2015 sequel to Samantha Shannon's ''[[Literature/TheBoneSeason The Bone Season,]]'' and the second book in a series of seven installments. Set in a {{Dystopian}}, AlternateHistory England, the story follows a young clairvoyant woman named Paige Mahoney. Since 1859, when the phenomenon of [[ICanSeeDeadPeople clairvoyance]] first became public knowledge, England has operated under an oppressive and strongly anti-voyant government known as Scion. Paige belongs to a class of criminal voyants who use their contact with spirits and the spirit world (known as the æther) to make a living while avoiding the authorities. Paige herself is a rare kind of voyant known as a "dreamwalker," capable of [[AstralProjection separating her spirit from her physical body]] and entering the æther in spirit form.

->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we unnaturals? For though we pick the bones of society, though we crawl in gutters and beg for our keep, we are living conduits to the world beyond. We are proof of an auxiliary existence. We are catalysts of the ultimate energy, the eternal æther. We harness Death itself. [[BadassBoast We unhorse the Reaper.'']]

->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we unnaturals? For though we pick the bones of society, though we crawl in gutters and beg for our keep, we are living conduits to the world beyond. We are proof of an auxiliary existence. We are catalysts of the ultimate energy, the eternal æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

''The Mime Order'' is the 2015 sequel to Samantha Shannon's ''[[Literature/TheBoneSeason The Bone Season,]]'' and the second book in a series of seven installments. Set in a {{Dystopian}}, AlternateHistory England, the story follows a young clairvoyant woman named Paige Mahoney. Since 1859, when the phenomenon of clairvoyance first became public knowledge, England has operated under an oppressive and strongly anti-voyant government known as Scion. Paige belongs to a class of criminal voyants who use their contact with spirits and the spirit world (known as the æther) to make a living while avoiding the authorities. Paige herself is a rare kind of voyant known as a "dreamwalker," capable of [[AstralProjection separating her spirit from her physical body]] and entering the æther in spirit form.

* PostVictoryCollapse: After [[spoiler: winning by a hair in the Rose Ring, exposing the gray market, explaining about the Rephaim, and uniting the syndicate into the Mime Order, Paige finally passes out.]]

* PostVictoryCollapse: After [[spoiler: a narrow victory in the Rose Ring, Paige musters the energy to expose the gray market, explain about the Rephaim's control of Scion and declare the rise of the Mime Order, thereby accomplishing all the goals she'd been working toward since returning to London - and ''then'' she passes out.]]

Paige has escaped from the penal colony of Sheol I and returned to London. She can't forget what she learned in Oxford: that Scion is a puppet government controlled by the Rephaim, a race of supernatural creatures whose aim is to colonize the human world. Her only hope is the syndicate, an organized underground society of clairvoyants presided over by the Unnatural Assembly. If she can rouse them out of their petty disputes and backstage murders, they could start to fight back against the empire that's been systematically destroying voyants for two hundred years.

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we unnaturals? For though we pick the bones of society, though we crawl in gutters and beg for our keep, we are living conduits to the world beyond. We are proof of an auxiliary existence. We are catalysts of the ultimate energy, the eternal æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

''The Mime Order'' is the 2015 sequel to Samantha Shannon's ''The Bone Season,'' and the second book in a series of seven installments. Set in a {{Dystopian}}, AlternateHistory England, the story follows a young clairvoyant woman named Paige Mahoney. Since 1859, when the phenomenon of clairvoyance first became public knowledge, England has operated under an oppressive and strongly anti-voyant government known as Scion. Paige belongs to a class of criminal voyants who use their contact with spirits and the spirit world (known as the æther) to make a living while avoiding the authorities. Paige herself is a rare kind of voyant known as a "dreamwalker," capable of separating her spirit from her physical body and entering the æther in spirit form.

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

But Paige is public enemy number one and the most-wanted person in the citadel. If she wants to stay alive and out of Scion's clutches, she has to

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Aether. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal AEther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

!! The Mime Order contains examples of:

-->''For are we not vastly superior to them, we Unnaturals? For though we pick the Bones of Society, though we crawl in Gutters and beg for our Keep, we are living Conduits to the World Beyond. We are Proof of an auxiliary Existence. We are Catalysts of the ultimate Energy, the eternal Æther. We harness Death itself. We unhorse the Reaper.''

!! The Mime Order contains examples of: