15 plus pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more. A Usa Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to Npr, the New York Public Library, Amazon, Book Page, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, and Bustle. Winner of the 2020 Crawford Award Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards "Unlike anything I've ever read. " V. E. Schwab "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space." Charles Stross"Brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through. " NPRThe Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, 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. Brought 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.