Gideon: Dai 9 Ouke no Kishi [First Volume] (Hayakawa Bunko FT 613 / Original Title: GIDEON the NINTH)

[Machine Translation] It has been 10,000 years since the first "Immortal King" of the First Royal Family, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, ascended to the throne. The necromancer heir to the throne and his chief knight are summoned from the eight royal families under his control. For the first time in his reign, the emperor chooses a successor to his close associate Lictor, a man of immense power and eternal life. Gideon, a female swordsman of the ninth royal house, travels to the first royal planet with Harrowhawk, the "holy daughter" of the bone sorceress with whom he has feuded since childhood... A fantasy of death and magic, winner of the Locus Award and the Crawford Award.

第一王家の“不死の王”たる銀河帝国の皇帝が即位して一万年。配下の八王家から、王位継承者の死霊術師とその首席騎士が召集される。皇帝がその治世で初めて、絶大な力と悠久の命を持つ側近リクトルの後継者を選ぶというのだ。第九王家の女剣士ギデオンは、幼いころから確執のある骨の魔術師“聖なる娘”ハロウハークとともに、第一王家の惑星へと向かうが...。ローカス賞、クロフォード賞受賞の死と魔法のファンタジイ。