{"title":"Tamsyn Muir","description":"TAMSYN MUIR is the bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Series. Her fiction has won the Locus and Crawford awards, and been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Dragon Award, and the Eugie Foster Memorial Award. A Kiwi, she has spent most of her life in Howick, New Zealand, with time living in Waiuku and central Wellington. She currently lives and works in Oxford, in the United Kingdom","products":[{"product_id":"gideon-the-ninth-paperback","title":"Gideon the Ninth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e15+ pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER of the 2020 Crawford Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unlike anything I've ever read. \" --V.E. Schwab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!\" --Charles Stross \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly original, messy and weird straight through\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Emperor needs necromancers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTamsyn Muir's \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf course, some things are better left dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE LOCKED TOMB SERIES\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 1: \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 2: \u003ci\u003eHarrow the Ninth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBOOK 3: \u003ci\u003eNona the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 4: \u003ci\u003eAlecto the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101586919647,"sku":"9781250313188","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SDRESm41amhHZlMwL0RGbHNhMG5KUT09.webp?v=1781071776"},{"product_id":"harrow-the-ninth-hardcover","title":"Harrow the Ninth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrow the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling sequel to \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!\" --Charles Stross on \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unlike anything I've ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" --V.E. Schwab on \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe answered the Emperor's call. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn victory, her world has turned to ash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in \u003ci\u003eHarrow the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSealed 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? 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A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face...","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101623521503,"sku":"9781250899132","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yUcIEulRhD9781250899132.webp?v=1781071847"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tamsyn-muir.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}