Gideon la novena

The Emperor needs necromancers. The necromancer of the Ninth needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no patience for nonsense with the undead. Having been raised by unsympathetic and ossified teachers, aging servants and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. He stuffs his sword and dirty magazines into the suitcase and prepares for his daring getaway. But his childhood nemesis doesn't plan to let him break free just like that. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, reverend daughter of the Ninth House and extraordinary bone witch, has been summoned. The Emperor has invited the heirs of each of his loyal households to a deadly test that will test their intelligence and her abilities. If Harrowhark Nonagesimus succeeds, she will become an all-powerful immortal servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer has been able to do so without the help of her knight. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail and the Ninth House will eventually disappear. And there are things that are better left dead.