Gideon the Ninth

In Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, the story unfolds in a solar system where necromancers and swordplay intertwine with cut-throat politics. Gideon, tired of her life among unfriendly nuns and skeletons, seeks to escape her servitude but finds herself entangled with her childhood rival, Harrowhark Nonagesimus, who needs her sword for a deadly trial laid out by the Emperor. As they navigate this high-stakes competition, the stakes of loyalty, power, and survival come to a head in this heart-pounding science fantasy.