Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Summary
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Harrow the Ninth: a mind-bending necromantic space opera where reality fractures through second-person narration and dream logic. This Hugo-nominated sequel blends postapocalyptic horror with gothic atmosphere, earning cult status among fantasy readers. What makes a book about lesbian necromancers both critically acclaimed and structurally revolutionary?
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The Broken Saint: Necromancy and Madness in Deep Space
Aboard the Mithraeum, Harrowhark Nonagesimus awaits certain death. Despite her title as the newest Lyctor - a saint to the Emperor Undying - she knows she's fatally incomplete. As herald creatures slam against the station's hull, she cocoons herself in bone shields, knowing they'll dissolve when she enters the River - the liminal space between life and death. Unlike the other immortal Lyctors, she'll be dead within half an hour. Harrow's perspective fractures between past and present, reality and delusion. Her supernatural senses detect 708 hearts aboard the ship while she struggles to maintain consciousness. The Emperor notes her wasted state as she repeatedly vomits trying to wield a sword that utterly rejects her touch. Born through her parents' sacrifice of two hundred children to create a necromantic prodigy, Harrow exists in a perpetual state of confusion - haunted by her original sin and by visitations from "the Body," a beautiful corpse from the Locked Tomb that now follows her through the station's shadowed corridors. The Mithraeum serves as both sanctuary and prison for the Emperor's immortal servants. Here, Harrow meets her fellow Lyctors: Augustine (Saint of Patience), Mercymorn (Saint of Joy, despite her perpetual bitterness), and Ortus (Saint of Duty, who inexplicably tries to kill her fourteen times). Each carries ten thousand years of history, power, and secrets.
The Emperor's Saints and the Price of Immortality
The House of Fractured Memories
Betrayal and Ancient Plots
The Mystery of the Locked Tomb and the Body
The Battle in the River
When Two Souls Share One Body
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