History Literature / NonaTheNinth

* UnreliableNarrator: The backstory of how John ascended and performed the resurrection is narrated ([[NestedStory inside another flashback]]) by John himself, who is a well-established liar; at one point "Nona" directly points out a clear contradiction in his story to him ([[spoiler:he said that G-'s nuke went off first, then later says something that lets slip that that wasn't the case]]) and he just shrugs and says it doesn't matter.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Do you know who I am yet?'']]

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* TheUnreveal: ''Nona'' clarifies the how and when and much of the why of early necromancy, before the Resurrection but why [[spoiler: a biologist performing cryonics research became the first necromancer is left unknown and unclear; John could be lying or it could simply be a mystery even to him.]]

* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Ianthe uses the body of Naberius Tern as a puppet. Camilla manages to transfer Palamedes to Naberius' body temporarily, and then he takes over puppeting it.]]

* MoodWhiplash: The extremely portentous, dramatic final chapter ends with [[spoiler: Gideon yelling "get in line, thou big slut!" at Alecto.]]

* JustBeforeTheEnd: All the John chapters, which are flashbacks in the form of conversations in dreams, detailing the years leading up to the Resurrection and eventually the events that happened to make John into God.

** [[spoiler: John's habit of referring to others by initials is also revealed to be a remnant of an early affectation of his, where he symbolically renamed the two corpses of U-- and T-- to Ulysses and Titania]].

* JustBeforeTheEnd: All the John chapters, which are flashbacks in the form of conversations in dreams, detailing the years leading up to the Resurrection.

* MeaningfulRename: A running theme throughout the book is of becoming someone new; this is most explicitly symbolized with most major characters from the prior books adopting new names or being granted one. Their reactions to it also indicate their emotional and why they're different: [[spoiler: the antagonist Kiriona is very different from the hero Gideon, the Saint of Awe trumpets her title and belittles it in the same breath, Crown is as much a synonym of Corona as it is a reinvention, The Angel is torn between being the Messenger and just Aim, Paul chooses their new name after a grand act of love and sacrifice, and Nona spends the entire book desperately trying to cling to that part of her that is Nona and not Alecto]].

* JustBeforeTheEnd: As in ''Harrow'', a secondary narrative plays out while Nona is asleep, that of John recounting the events that led up to the Resurrection as a dream, to a girl. Naturally all the chapters in the narrative are such.

* BookEnds: Nona's life began with her muttering "No, no,", [[spoiler: and eventually ends with Anastasia screaming "No, no!" as Nona approaches the Tomb to return to her body.]]

* MeaningfulRename: A running theme throughout the book is that everyone from the prior books has changed, symbolized with new names, with nearly every major character from the prior books adopting or being granted one. [[spoiler: Their reactions to it also indicate their emotional arc; the antagonistic Kiriona is very different from the heroic Gideon, Ianthe trumpets her title and belittles it in the same breath, Crown's is as much a synonym as it is a rebrand, Paul chooses their new name after a grand act of love and sacrifice, and Nona spends the entire book desperately trying to cling to that part of her that is Nona and not Alecto]].

* ArcWords: "Do you know who I am?" appears primarily as a question Nona poses to Camilla (who answers in the negative), and variations are repeated in her narration.

* DrivingQuestion: Who is Nona? ''Harrow the Ninth'' ends with [[BolivianArmyCliffhanger Gideon drowning in the River]] and Harrow [[GainaxEnding laying down to sleep or die in the Locked Tomb]]; after being saved from the brink of death and spending weeks recovering, the person who awoke in Harrow's body was totally amnesiac and practically newly born. Dubbed "Nona", her personality and mind are radically different from both Gideon and Harrow, to the point where her "family" is still stumped on who she is. Contradictory lines of evidence point to her being one or the other, with stranger possibilities such as being a fusion of both or someone else entirely yet to be ruled out.

* JustBeforeTheEnd: The prologue of the book takes the form of John, in a dream, recounting the story of what happened to Earth just before the Resurrection.

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''Nona The Ninth'' is the third book in ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'' series. Originally planned as merely the first Act of ''Alecto the Ninth'', ''Nona'' was split off into its own book as it grew out of control, turning the planned trilogy into a series. It will be released September 13th, 2022.

Ahead of ''Nona'''s release, some excerpts have been released publicly:

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* JustBeforeTheEnd: The prologue of the book takes the form of John, in a dream, recounting the story of what happened to Earth just before the Resurrection, and why he has been seeking revenge on the humans who left it behind for the last myriad.

* AerithAndBob: ''Nona'' takes place outside the Empire for the first time in the series, in addition to featuring Blood of Eden in a major capacity and several characters referred to primarily by nicknames. That combined with the fact that Nona's narrative perspective involuntarily translates non-English names into their literal English equivalents leads to major characters being named We Suffer, Hot Sauce, Born In The Morning, The Angel, Crown Him With Many Crowns, and ...Kevin.

* DrivingQuestion: Who is Nona? ''Harrow the Ninth'' ends with [[BolivianArmyCliffhanger Gideon drowning in the River]] and Harrow [[GainaxEnding laying down to sleep or die in the Locked Tomb]]; after being saved from the brink of death and spending weeks recovering, the person who awoke in Harrow's body was totally amnesiac and practically newly born. Dubbed "Nona", her personality and mind radically different from both Gideon and Harrow, with contradictory evidence pointing to both of them, with stranger possibilities such as being a fusion of both of them or someone else entirely yet to be ruled out.

* AerithAndBob: The Dramatis Personae, released by Tor as a promotional teaser, is a list of people Nona wants to invite to her party. It includes such names as We Suffer, Hot Sauce, Born In The Morning, The Angel, Crown Him With Many Crowns, and...Kevin.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Toyed with. After ''Harrow the Ninth'' ends with [[BolivianArmyCliffhanger Gideon drowning in the River]] and Harrow [[GainaxEnding laying down to sleep or die in the Locked Tomb]], ''Nona'' begins with someone who doesn't resemble ''either'' of them, and her uncertain relationship to the previous protagonists has been, currently, left open for wild speculation.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The Dramatis Personae includes a list of dogs Nona wants to invite to her party. It includes a couple of dogs with four legs, a couple of dogs with three legs, and one with six legs.
* GenreShift: Much like the prior two books, ''Nona'' will feature a markedly different tone than its predecessors. Unlike the previous two covers, which show Gideon and Harrow mid-badassery in Ninth and First vestments, Nona is smiling and wearing a t-shirt with a googly-eyed burger on it. According to an interview:

* [[https://www.tor.com/2022/03/29/excerpts-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir/ First Chapter]]

'''Note''': As a much anticipated book yet to be released, please refrain from posting speculative tropes.
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* GenreShift: Much like the prior two books, ''Nona'' will feature a markedly different tone than its predecessors:

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''Nona The Ninth'' is the third book in ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'' series. Originally planned as merely the first Act of ''Alecto the Ninth'', ''Nona'' was split off into its own book as it grew out of control, turning the planned trilogy into a series. It will be released September 13th, 2022.

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