“This dark, bloody puzzle box of a sequel is a knockout.” - Publishers Weekly starred review “ An incredible journey into the chaos of the mind, Muir’s latest (after Gideon the Ninth) doubles down on all the wonderfully queer and pulpy moments, body horror, and macabre humor of her debut-and exceeds it.” - Library Journal starred review So beautifully, wildly and precariously weird that I couldn't help sliding through page after page, rolling around blood-drunk in the mess of it all, and waiting, waiting, WAITING to see how Muir would bring it all home.” -NPR “ Deliciously bonkers, achingly, heartbreakingly twisted and purposefully broken.

“The patient reader will be rewarded tenfold with brilliant original characters and magic, heartbreaking intimacy, laugh out loud humor and the best damn soup in the galaxy.” -Rebecca Roanhorse “ Maddeningly brilliant.” -Kiersten White It’s wonderful to see the universe of Gideon expand, while staying as twisted and full of bones as ever.” -Django Wexler “ Harrow the Ninth is a psychological rollercoaster covering forty billion light-years. But don't bother with breadcrumbs or red threads-you won't ever want to leave.” -Alix E. “To read Harrow the Ninth is to enter a labyrinth haunted by loss and sacrifice and a truly top-tier selection of memes. Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series #2) Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off? Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath-but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war.

Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.Īfter rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” - The New York Timeson Gideon the Ninth “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!” -Charles Stross on Gideon the Ninth Harrow the Ninth, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. Includes 40+ pages of original content, including a never-before-available Locked Tomb short story.

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