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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Cover of Gideon the Ninth

Published 2019 by Tordotcom · 448 pages

Hugo Nominee 2020Nebula Nominee 2020
Science Fantasy

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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Series

The Locked Tomb #1

Debut

This was the author's debut novel

Author Nationality

NZ

ISBN

9781250313195

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