Pyrrha, Camilla and Nona complete the rest of their morning routine, consisting of encouraging Nona to eat breakfast, and then rehearsing a number of secret phrases and safety precautions for surviving safely in the city.

The seventh resurrection beast, known as Varun the Eater, has been approaching their planet for some time, bathing the world in blue light, and the city they live in is in a state of violent unrest over impending apocalypse. She is cared for by Camilla Hect, Palamedes Sextus (now sharing the body of Camilla), and Pyrrha Dve (inhabiting the body of her late cavalier Gideon the First). Though Harrow is roughly nineteen, Nona has the mind and personality of a highly precocious child. Nona is an amnesiac inhabiting the body of Harrowhark Nonagesimus.

Nona dreamed of being pushed down into “safe water,” and a familiar face she has dreamed in the past. He is dimly aware of a competing plan to rescue individuals using faster-than-light (FTL) starships, but dismisses it as possibly unworkable and definitely unethical, as FTL cannot serve billions of individuals.Ĭamilla Hect and Nona repeat their morning ritual, where Nona describes her dreams, as Camilla records the audio and takes notes. In a dream, John Gaius begins the story of how, in the waxing days of Earth, he and some fellow scientists begin a plan to move the entirety of the human race off-planet through the use of cryogenic storage. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever.Īnd each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling.

A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart.

Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. Nona the Ninth was confirmed to be a full length novel, inserted as the third book in the series. The following morning, 30 July 2021, Tor.Com officially announced the expansion of The Locked Tomb Series. The new series overview in the Harrow the Ninth paperback.ĭiscovered by Ethereal Academia on 29 July 2021, the Amazon 'Look Inside' feature of the Harrow the Ninth paperback edition appeared to list 'Nona the Ninth' as the third novel in 'The Locked Tomb Series'-a departure from previous listings which had the series as a trilogy.

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