The Sea Eternal, Emery Robin
The Sea Eternal, Emery Robin
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The Sea Eternal

Author: Emery Robin

Narrator: Kim Reed, Ella Lynch

Unabridged: 19 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 03/11/2025


Synopsis

"Wherever Emery Robin goes from here, I'm going to follow." —Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author

From one of the most original voices in science fiction comes the spectacular sequel to the epic, interstellar love story that began in The Stars Undying. 

Goddess, tell me the story. 

Matheus Ceirran, commander of half the known world, is dead. For the past year, his loyal captain Anita has hunted down his assassins—that is, when she can pull herself from the bed of Altagracia Caviro Patramata, queen and oracle of the client planet of Szayet. But when Anita’s quest for revenge takes her across the borders of an enigmatic neighboring empire, she uncovers a dangerous secret that could upend the fragile balance of the galaxy. 
 
Meanwhile, Ceirran’s heir apparent Otávio Julhan grows more and more powerful in the capital that Anita has left behind. Caught between home, Szayet, and a new and greater threat, Anita finds herself at the center of a war that threatens to collapse her world.
 
The fate of empires dances on the tip of a knife, and history will be written by the victors in this sweeping tale of myth, imperial legacy, and the love affair of a lifetime.

Praise for the Empire Without End: 

"Dazzling, transportive, boundless, precise—and dares to ask, what if Mark Antony was the hottest butch girl in space?" —Casey McQuiston

"Gorgeously written, impeccably characterized, and profoundly aware of the way the ghosts of history linger." —Emily Tesh 

"A glittering triumph of a book that weaves together history and tragedy into a star-spanning epic." —Everina Maxwell 

About Emery Robin

Emery Robin is a paralegal, recovering Californian, and sometime student of propaganda and art history living in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on March 02, 2025

3.5 Stars After enjoying the first book in the series, I was interested to continue on with this sequel. As a piece of dense political fiction, I wish I could have read the books back to back because I felt the gap worked against my enjoyment. While this is technically science fiction, I feel this one......more

Goodreads review by Johnsnowwasright on March 21, 2025

Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit for the e-ARC! Sorry for the delayed review. The Sea Eternal picks up roughly six months after the end of 'The Stars Undying' following the assassination of Matheus Cierran. Anita Decretan and Matheus's heir Otavio have divided the empire between them after hunting do......more

Goodreads review by Meg on March 13, 2025

Matheus Ceirran is dead. Factions have devastated parts of Ceiao politically, and Anita, the once proud admiral spends her nights drinking and f***ing Altagracia, queen of Szayet, and former lover of Ceirran. In some ways, The Sea Eternal feels like it is picking up exactly where The Stars Undying l......more

Goodreads review by Jon on January 27, 2025

This review contains spoilers for the first book in the duology, The Stars Undying, but only spoilers that reference the widely-known real life historical analogues to its story and characters The Stars Undying and The Sea Eternal make up the Empire Without End duology by Emery Robin, a re-imagining......more

Goodreads review by Dale on December 15, 2024

This is an Advanced Review. The publisher provided a free electronic copy in exchange for an unbiased review. Summary: "The Sea Eternal" by Emery Robin is the second book in the "Empire Without End" series, serving as a sequel to "The Stars Undying." Set in a sprawling space opera universe, the story......more


Quotes

"Dazzling, transportive, boundless, precise—and dares to ask, what if Mark Antony was the hottest butch girl in space?"—Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A glittering triumph of a book that weaves together history and tragedy into a star-spanning epic. I fell into this book and didn't come out for a long time."—Everina Maxwell, author of Winter’s Orbit

"Has the dramatic force of space opera and the lushness of the very best historical fiction. It takes the larger-than-life figures of the ancient world and recasts them against a backdrop of drowned worlds and interstellar empires with extraordinary verve. Gorgeously written, impeccably characterized, and profoundly aware of the way the ghosts of history linger."—Emily Tesh, author of the Greenhollow duology

"Emery Robin deftly wields the conventions of science fiction to make old stories new. The Stars Undying is a fascinating, wonderful ride full of exquisitely realized societies and bold, history-shaping personalities. I did not know I could weep for Antony, love Cleopatra, or lament Caesar, but through Ana, Gracia, and Ceirran, I do."—Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing

"Beautifully written, with poise and wit and grand epic sweep, The Stars Undying has everything I want from a space opera."—A.K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name

"Gorgeously written, clever and captivating."—Kristyn Merbeth, author of Fortuna

"There’s much that will appeal in this galaxy of clever, casually queer characters scheming and double-dealing through the stars."—Publishers Weekly

“An ambitious and sweeping debut, The Stars Undying shimmers with that transformative potential … The Stars Undying manages to transmute its famous truths and infamous lies into something breathtakingly new.”—Chicago Review of Books

"There is a great deal to love about this book. Fans of Roman history will have particular fun picking out which characters stand in for which historical figures ... a welcome new update of an old story." —Wall Street Journal

"A dazzling debut ... The Stars Undying will attract fans of plots with scheming and double-dealing in centuries past--among the stars, no less ... Readers will be eager for the sequel."—Shelf Awareness