Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Our rating
Spice: none. Darkness: dark.
Lesbian necromancers in space solving murders in a haunted palace. Gideon is a swordswoman with a meme for every occasion. Confusing for 100 pages, then you're hooked.
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Is Gideon the Ninth spicy?
No. Gideon the Ninth has no sex on the page. If there's romance it stays at kissing or happens off-page, so it's a safe pick if you want zero spice.
How dark is Gideon the Ninth?
We rate Gideon the Ninth 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are gore, murder, harm to children, suicide or suicidal thoughts. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Locked Tomb in order?
Gideon the Ninth is book 1 of The Locked Tomb, so it's the place to start. The series has 3 books on our list so far and is still ongoing.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for Gideon the Ninth
- Gore
- Murder
- Harm to children
- Suicide or suicidal thoughts
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Details
- Series
- The Locked Tomb, book 1
- Series status
- Ongoing
- Pages
- 440
- First published
- 2019
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
