The biggest point I can make about the book Harrow the Ninth is that if you loved Gideon the Ninth you will be thrilled with this follow up to it. 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? The companion and first resurrection of the Emperor of the Nine Houses, Alecto was driven insane by her own resurrection. Gideon's disgusted by the state of it after she reawakens inside Harrow, as Harrow completely ruined the edge and it being sheathed in bone pitted the metal. I like Harrow, but the books sing so much more in Gideon’s voice. Do revenants retain their necromantic abilities? Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. This is a happy compromise between Harrow's other impulses of either leaning into the kiss or murdering Ianthe on the spot. Harrow's hair gets mentioned several times as growing incredibly quickly, to the point where she's worried it's the only manifestation of her missing Lyctoral. Gideon the Ninth is a 2019 science fantasy novel by the New Zealand writer Tamsyn Muir. Throughout the first part of the book, whenever Harrow mentions the end of a sword, there's a little aside correcting that it's called a pommel. I used rot13 above as a courtesy to posters that hadn't finished the book, and I couldn't find a spoilers-related tag in the ". OK, I finally read this one after avoiding spoilers for yonks (I accidentally read one sentence of one review that mentioned the book actually contains a coffeshop AU fanfic of itself and decided I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE). It was released on August 4th, 2020. Some of the jokes were too cute for me and bumped me out of my suspended disbelief. They end up being the thoughts of Commander Wake in her final days, loosely addressed to the Emperor, his Lyctors, and Pyrrha Dve. There are several similar moments; it's Gideon obliquely doing this trope from the back of Harrow's head. 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. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/HarrowTheNinth. Impressions:WTF. By the end, shes incredulously referring to Harrowhark as an infant. In that scene Harrow finds a copy of the porn mag Gideon makes up at the beginning of the first book. Harrow doesn’t. Very early in threads there are often comments by about-to or just-begun or tentative readers/viewers so at the beginning some spoiler avoidance is houghtful and generous, though not "a rule". Will still buy the next book on day 1. I liked this a lot; I agree that it definitely has a case of middle-of-a-trilogy syndrome, but didn't think it was fatal. 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. Shelving menu. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. It was released on August 4th, 2020. Gideon the Ninth Review. Ianthe's parting words are "good luck" and "try not to die. Alecto is the one true enemy of the King Undying, the abyss of the First, the death of the Lord. Review: 'Harrow The Ninth,' By Tamsyn Muir Whatever you expected from Tamsyn Muir's followup to her lesbian-necromancers-in-space epic Gideon the Ninth, this is … I also struggled with how passive Harrow was - she had no goal, she was just kind of drifting from event to event trying not to get killed (but we knew she wouldn’t get killed), in total reactive mode. After attaining valuable information, Emiko got exposed and returned to Dante. Does anyone have a link to a plot synopsis? It turns out that Mercymorn was the one who stabbed Harrow in the back in the prologue, hoping to let her die quickly and relatively painlessly when the Heralds arrived. I re-read the first act preview a few times, and I will have to re-read. Harrow isn't as distinct of a character as Gideon, and she never really gelled for me. ", Near the climax, the souls of Ortus, Protesilaus, Marta, and Matthias Nonius, alongside Gideon the First, apparently managed to not only hold off the Seventh Resurrection Beast by themselves but actually, determination to pretend Gideon Nav never existed. They are currently led by Oliver Queen's estranged paternal half-sister named Emiko Queen. Talk:Harrow the Ninth. She answered the Emperor's call. They are a terrorist organization that's conspired in multiple wars over the last few centuries. After massively enjoying the first book, I also had mixed feelings on this. Double subverted after they've killed the Emperor, where Augustine admits that while they have hated each other too long to stop, he's glad to have her by his side as they work towards undoing necromancy and finally bringing peace to the galaxy. In the re-read, slightly more ominicent, looking for clues: it does what it says on the tin. Subverted when he reconstructs his body after a few moments and kills his would-be assassin. Join 6,557 readers in helping fund MetaFilter.