![]() ![]() ![]() Yet Harrow wakes up alone on the Emperor Undying’s flagship as the newest member of his ageless guard of Lyctors, surrounded by the coffins of necromancers and cavaliers who perished during the trials so outrageously romped through in Gideon the Ninth. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, necromancer of the Ninth House, Reverend Daughter of a reclusive dynasty sworn to keep the secrets of the Locked Tomb, and gleeful tormentor of her cavalier Gideon (who equally gleefully torments her back), needs no introduction to the many readers who lapped up Tamsyn Muir’s hit debut Gideon the Ninth.Īll that Tor, Muir’s publishers, seemingly had to do to make Gideon a phenomenon in 2019 was share Tommy Arnold’s cover of Gideon equipped with her trademark rapier, corpsepaint, aviator shades and red undercut striding through a mist of bones and give it the tag line “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” So fast has the Gideon phenomenon galloped (including multiple awards) that Tor’s pitch for this second volume is simply “The necromancers are back, and they’re gayer than ever!” ![]()
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