Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio
Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio
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Empire of Silence

Author: Christopher Ruocchio

Narrator: Samuel Roukin

Unabridged: 26 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/03/2018


Synopsis

Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series, merging the best of space opera and epic fantasy. It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives--even the Emperor himself--against Imperial orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world. Forced to fight as a gladiator and into the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself fight a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.

About Christopher Ruocchio

Christopher Ruocchio is the author of The Sun Eater, as well as the assistant editor at Baen Books, where he coedited the military SF anthology Star Destroyers and Space Pioneers. An avid student of history, philosophy, and religion, he has been writing since he was eight years old and sold his first book at twenty-two.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik on December 18, 2024

This review is a copy of the transcript of my video review on Empire of Silence This was an absolutely stunning, ambitious, and well-written debut novel. From the first page to the last, Empire of Silence is an unputdownable new addition to my list of favorite books. β€œIt is a mistake to believe we mus......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 16, 2024

A good read. Everyone draws their own lines regarding prose. Some want very workmanlike lines that put the whole focus on story. Some like to lose themselves in the beauty of the language. There's a line that divides poetic prose from purple prose and everyone draws their own version of that too. I......more

Goodreads review by Ira on February 25, 2024

Is this my new favourite sci-fi series? Yes... Yes I think it is! Final Rating: 4.6/5 πŸŒ•πŸŒ•πŸŒ•πŸŒ•πŸŒ— Admittedly, my journey through science fiction hasn't been as deep as with fantasy, primarily because I've found the genre often prioritizes complex world-building and advanced technology over the plot. Yet, pl......more

Goodreads review by Mike's Book Reviews on January 12, 2024

Full Video Review Here: [URL not allowed] Interview with the author here: [URL not allowed] In a year that I accidentally let get away from me when it came to balance between the genres and I was suffering some fantasy burnout, I decided to move this one up my list since it was t......more

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on August 14, 2023

The best science fiction book I have ever read! Watch my video review by clicking here.......more