15+ pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more! A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, Book - Page, Shelf Awareness, Book - Riot, and Bustle! WINNER of the 2020 Crawford Award - Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” —V.E. Schwab“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross“Brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through.” —NPRThe Emperor needs necromancers.
- The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. - Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. - Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers.
Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. - Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.
She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service. - Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action.
The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.
- Of course, some things are better left dead. - BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth - BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth