8. You Are Something Else with That Sword
It’s time for the epic highs and lows of Canaan House, as Gideon and Harrow defeat the winnowing trial and then stumble into a murder mystery in Chapters 16-17. We discussed the parallels between GTN & And Then There Were None.
7. How Big Are Your Biceps?
In Chapters 14-15, Gideon and Harrow tackle the winnowing trial together and attend a dinner party. Then your hosts are on an emotional roller coaster from a fun personality quiz to the Tragedy of the Terrible Teens.
6. Twilit Princess Garbage
This week, we’re recapping Gideon and Harrow finally teaming up in Chapter 13, diving into some horrible corners of the Internet to learn where Harrow could buy bones in the 21st century, and talking about our beloved Third House!
Bonus: Absolute Psychedelic Nonsense with Carl Engle-Laird
For a very special bonus episode, we interviewed the Locked Tomb series editor Carl Engle-Laird about his experience working on these books with Tamsyn Muir, the decision to split Alecto the Ninth into two books, no-context Nona the Ninth clues, and so much more!
5. What’s with the Skulls?
Ambience, baby 💀 This week, we’re recapping Chapter 12, in which Harrow goes missing and it’s Gideon to the rescue—with the help of the Sixth House! We also look at some dubious bones for sale on eBay.
4. Cavalier Primarried
Gideon meets Magnus and the terrible teens, spends time with not one but two new crushes, and we have a big chat about all the queerness in the Locked Tomb series.
3. Hot Damn! What a Beautiful Corpse
In chapters 7-8, Gideon and Harrow finally meet some other necromancers and cavaliers! Then Baily and Kabriya play a game about the naming conventions of the nine houses and talk about memes and Internet references in the series.
2. She Studied the Blade
In which Gideon studies the blade, we learn some new words from Tamsyn, and we delve into the CATHOLICISM of it all, because it sure seems like there are some parallels here and who better than an ex-Catholic and a non-Catholic to figure it out?