The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The author’s name “Tamsyn Muir” is at the top in light blue capitals. The title “Harrow the Ninth” is written in the centre of the lower half, in large white capitals. A quote from V. E. Schwab reads “Unlike anything I’ve ever read. Muir’s writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, and just as unsettling.” in small light blue writing at the bottom of the page. In the background, a woman dressed in all black, with short black hair, a white shawl across her shoulders, a long sword strapped to her back, and a bone ribcage over her own black top. She is wearing white and black face paint to resemble a skull. Behind her, skeletons and scattered bones, in front of a large grey planet. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Gore
• Death
• Violence
• Blood
• Murder
• Injury/Injury Detail
• Suicidal Ideation
• Death of a Parent
• War
• Panic Attacks
• Suicide

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Summary:

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to 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?

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Notes:

This is the sequel to Gideon the Ninth and the second book in the The Locked Tomb series.

There is an audiobook.

There is an ebook/Kindle version.

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Archivist Comments:

I’ve read Gideon, I haven’t read this one, but this one was the first suggested to me in the series so I’ve done a bit more research on it. It seems to be the same consensus of long, a bit confusing, but atmospheric and very descriptive. I’ve read through the plot at least 3 times and I still don’t fully understand it, but its still a very interesting concept.

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