• renard_roux@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    Some slightly off-track suggestions (because genres are a bit misaligned with what you’re asking for):

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    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb series)

    Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.

    Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

    I must admit that Charles Stross’ pitch is what got me to pick up the book in the first place, it’s just too funny:

    “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross

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    The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Trilogy)

    OK, maybe not so far off the path …

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    Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files series)