![]() What Nona does retain is Muir’s sharp, captivating prose and irreverent, freewheeling sense of humor. Instead, fan-favorite characters Camilla Hect, Palamedes Sextus and Pyrrha Dve play far more central roles. Gideon and Harrow themselves feature less prominently than in their eponymous books. An amnesiac of ambiguous identity who woke up only six months ago, her carefree innocence and all-loving nature contrast with the last two protagonists - from Gideon’s bravado to Harrow’s dour desolation. Nona herself also represents a departure. ![]() There were no animals or pets, either, or fried food stands or shitty upstairs neighbors… But Nona is positively bursting with life, from kids to rebels to six-legged dogs.” Harrow puts in her review, “There were no children in the previous two books. While Gideon and Harrow are set, respectively, in an isolated mansion on post-apocalyptic Earth and God’s personal space station, Nona takes place in the bustling, gritty backstreets of a planet caught between empire and rebellion. Nona the Ninth answers many questions about the series - especially on the mysterious Alecto, whose body resides in the titular tomb - yet raises new ones as well.įor those who have followed the previous novels, Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth, one of the biggest shocks about Nona might be its departure in scope. 13, the much-anticipated third installment of Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb series finally released. ![]()
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