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 BookPage Shelf Awareness BookRiot 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 . " -NPR The 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. THE LOCKED TOMB
SERIES BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth BOOK 4:
Alecto the Ninth
