Author: Tamsyn Muir
Title: Gideon the Ninth
Narrator: Moira Quirk
Publication Info: Recorded Books, Inc., 2019 
Summary/Review:
Gideon the Ninth is a science fiction/fantasy/gothic/horror/mystery/humor/LGBTQ/adventure story set in a solar system with nine planets, each hosting a school of necromancy. The title character eighteen year-old Gideon Nav, a “cavalier” assigned to guard the necromancer of the Ninth House Harrowhark “Harrow” Nonagesimus when she is invited to participate in a series of trials called for by the godlike Emperor. Gideon and Harrow share a lifelong mutual hatred, but grow closer over the course of the novel they grow close as they are forced to work together. When people mysteriously start to die they need to figure out what is going on before all the Houses are killed.
I confess that I was confused by the whole worldbuilding aspect of this story, although I chalk it up to reader error. While I didn’t like this enough to want to continue with the Locked Tomb series, it is definitely well-written and creative, and the caustic Gideon is nevertheless a hilarious and endearing character.
Recommended books:
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
- The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
- Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Rating: ***
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