Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

by Tamsyn Muir

“Things are changing. I used to think we were waiting for something … and now I think we’re just waiting to die.”

“Anyone can learn to fight. Hardly anyone learns to think.”

“Death first to vultures and scavengers.”

Gideon said, “Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get ‘Sex Pal’?”

“I need to be inside you,” Harrow bellowed over the din. “Okay, you’re not even trying,” said Gideon.

“I’m no good at this duty thing. I’m just me. I can’t do this without you.

I can’t fight them by myself.” Harrow said, “But you’re God.” And God said, “And I am not enough.”