Gideon The Ninth

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By (author) Tamsyn Muir

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Tamsyn Muir”s necromantic science fantasy debut Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you”ll ever have with a skeleton.

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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!”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.THE LOCKED TOMB TRILOGYBOOK 1: Gideon the NinthBOOK 2: Harrow the NinthBOOK 3: Alecto the Ninth

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“Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” –The New York Times”Unlike anything I”ve ever read. Muir”s writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, and just as unsettling. This book is visceral, vivid, and downright violent. In short, absolutely marvelous.” –V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorWarm and cold; goofy and gleaming; campy and epic; a profane Daria in space. –Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra”s 24-Hour Bookstore”This crackling, inventive and riotous book from an original voice is a genuine pleasure. Also the author is clearly insane.” –Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine”Gideon the Ninth was a combination of all my absolute favorite things: swords and magic and spaceships and far future tech, plus childhood angst, slow-build romance, and characters banding together to solve mysteries in a haunted space palace.” –Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries”I can”t remember the last time I was so delightedly baffled by a book. An astonishing, genre-defying, hilarious-violent-tragic-horrifying-thrilling wonder of a novel. Muir has become an auto-read author faster than Gideon turns any conversation inappropriate.” –Kiersten White, NYT Bestselling Author of And I Darken”Gideon the Ninth remixes magic and technology to create a blisteringly awesome new world–and best of all, it”s funny as hell.” –Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous and The Future of Another Timeline”A glorious book–rich and baroque, tremendously vivid, absolutely glorious.” –Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series”Gideon the Ninth was a combination of all my absolute favorite things: swords and magic and spaceships and far future tech, plus childhood angst, slow-build romance, and characters banding together to solve mysteries in a haunted space palace.” –Martha Wells, New York Times Bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries”Brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through. With a snorting laugh and two middle finger