Raised by vicious, heartless nuns, ancient vassals, and countless skeletons of the Ninth House, Gideon is ready to leave her life of slavery and death as a reanimated corpse behind. She takes her sword, her dirty magazines, and prepares for a daring escape. However, her childhood enemy will not let Gideon go so easily. The reverend daughter of the Ninth House, the talented necromancer Harrowgark Nonajesimus, has received an invitation from the emperor himself. She, along with...
