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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Published 2019 by Tordotcom · 448 pages

Hugo · 2020

Finalist

Nebula · 2020

Finalist
Science Fantasy

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5 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 2020–2023

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Synopsis

Gideon Nav, a wisecracking swordswoman trapped in service to a death cult, is forced to accompany her bitter rival, the necromancer Harrowhark, to a decaying palace where representatives of the Emperor's nine houses compete for the secret of immortality. As contestants begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways, Gideon and Harrow must work together to survive.

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Details

Series
The Locked Tomb · Book 1
Author nationality
New Zealand
ISBN
9781250313195