![]() ![]() This edition of Gideon the Ninth features an exclusively designed page signed by the author and black sprayed edges. Of course, some things are better left dead. Harrow needs Gideon’s sword, or else she will fail the trial and the Ninth House will die. If she succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, however no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. ![]() Harrowhawk, Daughter of the Ninth House, a bone witch with extraordinary powers is one of those invited to enter the trial. The Emperor has invited the heirs of each of the nine houses loyal to him to enter a deadly trial of wits and skill. With her escape plan thwarted, she is summoned into action. ![]() However, her childhood nemesis has other ideas and won’t set her free without a service. Illumicrate’s book of the month for August was Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir which follows Gideon, brought up by unfriendly nuns, ancient retainers and countless skeletons, she is ready to give up a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. ![]()
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