Geek Out! Book Club: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Geek Out! Book Club for December 2021: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir.

Books are available to check out now at the circulation desk. If you want to check out a copy when using curbside pickup, tell the circulation staff when you call upon arrival that you want to check out this book club book.

Registration is required. You will need to sign an Adult COVID Waiver form either online or in person at the book club meeting. We are planning to meet in person in the program room on first floor. Masks are again required when inside the library. 

Review from Booklist: " In a universe ruled by an undying emperor, nine houses struggle for power through their necromantic rulers. The crumbling Ninth House, that of the Keepers of the Locked Tomb, is home to Gideon: swordswoman, malcontent, loveless lesbian. Gideon has spent most of her life attempting to escape the drudgery of the Ninth and its creepy nuns, oppressive darkness, and vicious heir, Harrowhark. But Harrow has been invited to enter a competition among the houses for the honor of being selected Lyctor, and Gideon finally has an opportunity to escape the Ninth—as long as she agrees to serve as Harrow’s cavalier and bodyguard. When members of other houses start dying mysteriously after the competitors have been stranded together in the haunted and moldering First House, it’s up to Gideon and Harrow—uneasy allies at best—to figure out who to trust and how to survive the deadly game. Muir's debut fuses science fiction, mystery, horror, fantasy, action, adventure, political intrigue, deadly dark humor, and a dash of romance with a healthy serving of skeletons and secrets and the spirit of queer joy. This extraordinary opening salvo will leave readers dying to know what happens next."