Unlike anything I've ever read. Muir's writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, & just as unsettling. -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth " Deft, tense & atmospheric, compellingly immersive & wildly original." -The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, & 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, & mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, & the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark's health is failing, her magic refuses to cooperate, her sword makes her throw up, & even her mind threatens to betray her. What's worse, someone is trying to kill her. & she has to wonder: if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?