La inclasificable novela que ha ganado el Premio Locus 2020 al debut del ano y ha sido finalista de los premios Hugo, Nebula y World Fantasy a la mejor novela.

El Emperador necesita nigromantes. La nigromante de la Novena necesita una espadachina. Gideon tiene una espada, unas revistas guarras y ninguna paciencia para tonterias con los muertos vivientes.

Despues de haber sido criada por profesoras antipaticas y osificadas, sirvientes vetustos y una infinidad de esqueletos, Gideon esta lista para abandonar una vida de servidumbre y un mas alla como cadaver reanimado. Mete su espada y sus revistas guarras en la maleta y se prepara para su audaz escapada. Pero su nemesis de la infancia no piensa dejar que se libere asi como asi.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, reverenda hija de la Novena Casa y extraordinaria bruja de los huesos, ha sido convocada. El Emperador ha invitado a los herederos de cada una de sus leales casas a una prueba mortal que sometera a examen su inteligencia y sus habilidades. Si Harrowhark Nonagesimus tiene exito, se convertira en una sirviente inmortal y todopoderosa de la Resurreccion, pero ningun nigromante ha sido capaz de conseguirlo sin la ayuda de su caballero. Sin la espada de Gideon, Harrow fracasara y la Novena Casa terminara por desaparecer.

Y hay cosas que es mejor dejar muertas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, 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.
NPR

The 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. 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.

Harrowhark 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.

Of course, some things are better left dead.