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Gideon the Ninth
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Overview
Gideon the Ninth (2019), the debut novel by Kiwi author Tamsyn Muir, is a work of sci-fi fantasy told through the perspective of the 18-year-old swordswoman Gideon Nav. It is the first book of the bestselling Locked Tomb Series. Gideon is an orphan enslaved by the Ninth House, the last of Nine Houses that serve a necromantic Emperor who is revered as God. Muir combines the magic of necromancy with traditional elements of sci-fi, such as interstellar travel and spaceships, and uses Gothic aesthetics along with the genre conventions of space opera and grimdark to explore themes of guilt, sin, redemption, and LGBTQ+ relationships. Gideon the Ninth won many awards, including best book of 2019 from NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, and more. This guide uses the 2019 Tom Doherty eBook edition of the novel.
Other work by this author includes the novel, Harrow the Ninth.
Content Warning: Gideon the Ninth contains graphic violence and gore, death, self-harm and suicide, and physical and emotional abuse.
Plot Summary
Gideon the Ninth takes place in an unspecified star system with nine planets revolving around the star Dominicus. Necromancy (death magic) is common in this world.
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