Reading order · 3 books · 2019 to 2022 · Set in space
Locked Tomb Books in Order
The Locked Tomb is gothic science fantasy, full of necromancers, skeletons, swordplay and jokes. Gideon Nav, a sword-swinging indentured servant of the Ninth House, must help her childhood enemy, Harrowhark, compete to become an immortal servant of the Emperor.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2019 to 2022
- First book
- Gideon the Ninth
- Latest
- Nona the Ninth (2022)
- Setting
- Set in space
The reading order
Every Locked Tomb book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in space
- 1Gideon the Ninth2019With Gideon NavGideon Nav, an indentured servant of the gloomy Ninth House, wants only to escape and join the army.Buy on Amazon
- 2Harrow the Ninth2020With Harrowhark NonagesimusHarrowhark Nonagesimus wakes aboard the Emperor’s space station, and something is badly wrong with her memories.Buy on Amazon
- 3Nona the Ninth2022With NonaNona, a strange young woman living in a besieged city, loves her friends and her dog, and does not know who she really is.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth and Nona the Ninth in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Gideon Nav | Harrowhark Nonagesimus | Nona | John Gaius | Palamedes Sextus | Camilla Hect | Ianthe Tridentarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gideon the Ninth | LLead | MMajor | ·Minor | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor | |
| 2 Harrow the Ninth | MMajor | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | |||
| 3 Nona the Ninth | MMajor | MMajor | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Locked Tomb books
7 characters from Tamsyn Muir’s chart, with the number of Locked Tomb books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Gideon NavSwordswoman of the Ninth House | 3 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |
| Harrowhark NonagesimusReverend Daughter of the Ninth House | 3 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |
| NonaStrange girl living in a besieged city | 1 | Nona the Ninth 2022 |
| John GaiusThe Emperor, the Necrolord Prime | 3 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |
| Palamedes SextusNecromancer of the Sixth House | 2 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |
| Camilla HectPalamedes's cavalier | 2 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |
| Ianthe TridentariusPrincess of the Third House | 2 | Gideon the Ninth 2019 |