![]() ![]() In a cover blurb for the book, veteran sci-fi author Charles Stross described it as "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless Emperor! Skeletons!" And it didn't take long for "Lesbian necromancers. Which is exactly what Muir's works have done, thanks to an early review of Gideon. ![]() ![]() "But when you get out into bookstores like six books with gay wizards. " SFF through the lens of social media you’d think that every book was about gay wizards now," Muir tells Bustle of the attention the Locked Tomb trilogy and books of its kind are getting. And between Muir's openly queer cast and her dialogue dripping in internet culture - think: references to Daniel Radcliffe's much-gifed SNL skit and memes like I Studied the Blade - the Locked Tomb trilogy became a welcome reprieve for LGBTQ+ millennial readers who can't often find their experiences in the pages of mainstream fiction. The novel was the first installment of Muir's Locked Tomb trilogy, which follows best frenemies Harrow and Gideon: a noble-born necromancer and her cavalier guardian, respectively. The 35-year-old author first exploded onto the science fiction and fantasy scene with her 2019 debut, Gideon the Ninth. Tamsyn Muir has carved out a literary niche for herself as the queen of the lesbian necromancers. ![]()
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