Tamsyn Muir

Gideon Nav is a swordswoman, a necromancer's servant, and — against every wish she possesses — about to become a detective. When nine noble houses compete in a death tournament, the body count rises and someone is killing necromancers.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus has become a Lyctor — one of the Emperor's immortal saints — but her mind is fracturing. She must navigate court politics, buried trauma, and a reality that keeps shifting in ways only she seems to notice.

Nona wakes up with no memory and a body she doesn't know — and she is living an ordinary life in a city at war while the people around her treat her with an intensity she doesn't understand. She loves dogs and has six weeks.