Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series, 1)
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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
"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
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Hard to get your head around a lot of the names, pronunciations and house intricacies, but worth it. The ending pissed me off! Haha, time to read the second.
This book is an absolute masterpiece. Phenomenal writing mixed with amazing character development. Muir is a genius, and as soon as you pick this up you will not be able to put it down. Her world building is exquisite, her characters are incredible and well-rounded, and her plotting is out of this world. Do not skip out on this read!!!
Unpopular opinion here but this was a mess. There are too many characters, too many plot points that in my opinion don’t really make sense, too many names for one person, and way too much left unknown and unexplained.
Gideon and Harrowhark are sent to a supposedly haunted planet to compete in some tournament to be a Lyctor. If you’re a Lyctor you’re a big deal I guess, and there are 9 houses all of them pretentious and none of them memorable.
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This was really funny and kind of grungy? Didn’t shy away from tastefully gruesome(is that a thing?) depictions but also wasn’t over the top about it. I loved the characters so much!! There are a lot of them though, I kind of wish I’d written a little guide as I was reading, I’m on book 3 now and I might go back to do that.
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