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Gideon the Ninth

Par / By Ramsyn Muir

#1 Locked Tomb

[FR] Gideon the Ninth de Tamsyn Muir dévoile un système solaire fait de jeux d’épées, de politique sans merci et de nécromanciennes lesbiennes. Ses personnages sautent de la page, aussi habilement animés que des revenants arcaniques. Le résultat est une science-fiction épique à couper le souffle.

[EN] Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth 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.

Gideon the Ninth est le premier livre de la série Locked Tomb, best-seller du New York Times et du USA Today, et l’un des meilleurs livres de 2019 selon NPR, la New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot et Bustle !

GAGNANT du prix Locus 2020 et du prix Crawford
Finaliste des prix Hugo, Nebula, Dragon et World Fantasy 2020

L’Empereur a besoin de nécromanciens.
Le neuvième nécromancien a besoin d’une épéiste.
Gideon a une épée, des magazines cochons et plus de temps à perdre avec les morts-vivants.

Gideon the Ninth de Tamsyn Muir dévoile un système solaire de jeu d’épée, de politique impitoyable et de nécromanciennes lesbiennes. Ses personnages sautent de la page, aussi habilement animés que des revenants arcaniques. Le résultat est une science-fiction épique à couper le souffle.

Élevée par des nonnes inamicales et ossifiantes, d’anciens serviteurs et d’innombrables squelettes, Gideon est prête à abandonner une vie de servitude et une vie de cadavre réanimé. Elle range son épée, ses chaussures et ses magazines cochons, et se prépare à lancer son audacieuse évasion. Mais sa némésis d’enfance ne la libérera pas sans un service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, fille révérende de la neuvième maison et sorcière des os extraordinaire, a été appelée à l’action. L’Empereur a invité les héritiers de chacune de ses Maisons loyales à une épreuve mortelle d’esprit et de compétence. Si Harrowhark réussit, elle deviendra un serviteur immortel et tout-puissant de la Résurrection, mais aucun nécromancien ne peut s’élever sans son cavalier. Sans l’épée de Gideon, Harrow échouera, et la neuvième maison mourra.

Bien sûr, il vaut mieux laisser certaines choses mortes.

THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES
BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth
BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth
BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth
BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth

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Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, 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 Locus Award and Crawford Award
Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Dragon, and World Fantasy Awards

“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” —V.E. Schwab

“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross

“Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times

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 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.

THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES
BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth
BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth
BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth
BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth

Auteur.rice / Author

TAMSYN MUIR est l’autrice à succès de la série Locked Tomb. Elle a remporté les prix Locus et Crawford, et a été nominée pour le prix Hugo, le prix Nebula, le prix Shirley Jackson, le prix World Fantasy, le prix Dragon et le prix Eugie Foster Memorial. Kiwi, elle a passé la majeure partie de sa vie à Howick, en Nouvelle-Zélande, et a vécu à Waiuku et dans le centre de Wellington. Elle vit et travaille actuellement à Oxford, au Royaume-Uni.

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TAMSYN MUIR is the bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Series. Her fiction has won the Locus and Crawford awards, and been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Dragon Award, and the Eugie Foster Memorial Award. A Kiwi, she has spent most of her life in Howick, New Zealand, with time living in Waiuku and central Wellington. She currently lives and works in Oxford, in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

“Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times

“Unlike anything I’ve ever read. Muir’s writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, and just as unsettling.” —V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

“With a snorting laugh and two middle fingers, the whole thing burns end-to-end. It is deep when you expect shallow, raucous when you expect dignity and, in the end, absolutely heartbreaking when you least expect it.” —NPR

“Warm and cold; goofy and gleaming; campy and epic; a profane Daria in space.” —Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore

“I can’t remember the last time I was so delightedly baffled by a book. An astonishing, genre-defying, hilarious-violent-tragic-horrifying-thrilling wonder of a novel.” —Kiersten White, NYT Bestselling Author of And I Darken

“Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!” —Charles Stross, author of The Laundry Files and Empire Games

“I started this book chuckling at the outrageous premise. I finished it crying, because the ending punched me straight in the gut.” —Vox

“Space opera, murder mystery, comedy, grotesque horror, and fantastic necromancy spin together in a book like no other.” —BuzzFeed

And Five Starred Reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, BookList, and BookPage