Harrow the Ninth

Locked Tomb Trilogy, Book 2

By: Tamsyn Muir

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the emperor's haunted space station.

She answered the emperor's call.

She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.

In victory, her world has turned to ash.

After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.

Sealed in the Gothic gloom of the emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: Is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?

©2020 Tamsyn Muir (P)2020 Recorded Books

Very good, but if you're in book two you know that

Answers some pretty important questions from the first book, adds a bunch more. Doesn't end as solidly as the first one, but that's probably my biggest complaint.

The characters are all interesting, and it's nice to see how the characters from the previous books are doing.

A bit confusing...

Have been meaning to read for ages but wasn't sure it'd be quite my thing, so decided on the audio book. It took me a while to get into and felt like I had no idea what was going on a couple of times, but SO worth persevering! The author is such a beautiful storyteller, even with plenty of death abd destruction. Absolutely loved bed the naraation and now on to the next!

A fuster cluck of a tale.

Ever want to read a book that you can’t understand? This was a slog of mind bending alternate reality/ time distortion and general mystery. We’ll see how my second go round feels....

so good!

absolutely loved it. weird, dark, violent, beautifully crafted. couldn't put it down. first read kinda bummed me out, but re reading the series made it 1000 times more enjoyable from start to finish

twisting.

You need to have read the first book in the series. this will, at first, only make the story more confusing. accept the confusion and dive deep into the river.

If you need an easy listen, this is not really the book for you. hearing a story in the second person is a bit jarring at first, but not only does the author pull it off, the choice makes sense by the end.

And damnit now i have to wait forever for the nexy book!