GideontheNinthisthefirstbookintheNewYorkTimesandUSATodayBestsellingLockedTombSeries,andoneoftheBestBooksof2019accordingtoNPR,theNewYorkPublicLibrary,Amazon,BookPage,ShelfAwareness,BookRiot,andBustle!WINNERofthe2020LocusAwardandCrawfordAwardFinalistforthe2023HugoAwardforBestSeries!Finalistforthe2020Hugo,Nebula,Dragon,andWorldFantasyAwards“UnlikeanythingI’veeverread.“--V.E.Schwab“Lesbiannecromancersexploreahauntedgothicpalaceinspace!“--CharlesStross“Deft,tenseandatmospheric,compellinglyimmersiveandwildlyoriginal.“--TheNewYorkTimesTheEmperorneedsnecromancers.TheNinthNecromancerneedsaswordswoman.Gideonhasasword,somedirtymagazines,andnomoretimeforundeadnonsense.TamsynMuir’sGideontheNinthunveilsasolarsystemofswordplay,cut-throatpolitics,andlesbiannecromancers.Hercharactersleapoffthepage,asskillfullyanimatedasarcanerevenants.Theresultisaheart-poundingepicsciencefantasy.Broughtupbyunfriendly,ossifyingnuns,ancientretainers,andcountlessskeletons,Gideonisreadytoabandonalifeofservitudeandanafterlifeasareanimatedcorpse.Shepacksuphersword,hershoes,andherdirtymagazines,andpreparestolaunchherdaringescape.Butherchildhoodnemesiswon’tsetherfreewithoutaservice.HarrowharkNonagesimus,ReverendDaughteroftheNinthHouseandbonewitchextraordinaire,hasbeensummonedintoaction.TheEmperorhasinvitedtheheirstoeachofhisloyalHousestoadeadlytrialofwitsandskill.IfHarrowharksucceedsshewillbebecomeanimmortal,all-powerfulservantoftheResurrection,butnonecromancercanascendwithouttheircavalier.WithoutGideon’ssword,Harrowwillfail,andtheNinthHousewilldie.Ofcourse,somethingsarebetterleftdead.THELOCKEDTOMBSERIESBOOK1:GideontheNinthBOOK2:HarrowtheNinthBOOK3:NonatheNinthBOOK4:AlectotheNinth
