Gideon the Ninth ( GtN ) follows Gideon Nav, a thrall to the House of the Ninth taken in as an infant. The first book kicks off in the Empire of the Nine Houses. Gideon the Ninth (2019), courtesy of Goodreads I say, in the most endearing way: The Locked Tomb is actually insane. In the meantime, I am desperate to tell someone ( other than my long-suffering sister whom I force on the daily to endure my ramblings ) about the chaos of the first two novels. Knowing little about Jesus Christ, and even less about Vriska Serket, I had a thoroughly enrapturing reading experience despite being ill-versed.Īs of this article’s publication, I am in the midst of reading Nona the Ninth, the third installation of TLT. Such a referential text was at first somewhat intimidating, given my lack of familiarity with the referents. The series is heavily influenced by Tamsyn Muir’s Catholic background, along with Greek mythology and the infamous webcomic Homestuck. me ) and preludes one roller coaster of a tetralogy.

This simple, unassuming sentence is very effective at drawing in its intended audience (i.e. “Lesbian necromancers in space!” is an incredibly reductive tagline for any novel-and yet The Locked Tomb (TLT) is a series for which it feels appropriate an introduction.

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