Tamsyn Muir’s debut novel walks the line between horrifying and riveting. This book is the perfect read for spooky season, or any season where you’re looking for an untraditional read. Gideon the Ninth follows Gideon and Harrow, two nuns of the Locked Tomb who grew up as enemies on a lonely and desolate planet surrounded by skeletons brought back to life through necromancy. When Harrow is invited by the emperor to study the mysterious ways of lyctorhood, they are forced to work together to stay alive and stay sane.