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Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir

Published 2019 by Tordotcom · 448 pages
Hugo Nominee 2020Nebula Nominee 2020
Science FantasySynopsis
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.
Classification
Details
Series
The Locked Tomb #1
Debut
This was the author's debut novel
Author Nationality
NZ
ISBN
9781250313195