Nona the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir (Tor, 2022)
audiobook read by Moira Quirk (Recorded Books, 2022)
For a third time, Muir immerses her readers without exposition (though characters bleed through and the series backstory is given space). Nona takes up the baton and proves worthy, despite the unconscionably abrupt ending. Quirk deserves a medal for her audiobook reading.