# Gideon the Ninth - Hardcover

by **Tamsyn Muir** (Author)

**_Gideon the Ninth_ is the first book in the _New York Times_ and _USA Today_ Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, _BookPage_, _Shelf Awareness,_ _BookRiot_, and _Bustle_!**  
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WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award  
Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Dragon, and World Fantasy Awards**

"Unlike anything I've ever read. " --V.E. Schwab  
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"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!" --Charles Stross**

"Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." --_The New York Times  
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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_ 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_

### Author Biography

TAMSYN MUIR is the bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Series. Her fiction has won the Locus and Crawford awards, and been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Dragon Award, and the Eugie Foster Memorial Award. A Kiwi, she has spent most of her life in Howick, New Zealand, with time living in Waiuku and central Wellington. She currently lives and works in Oxford, in the United Kingdom

**Number of Pages:** 448

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** September 10, 2019

**Award:** Hugo Award (2020)

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