Empire of Silence
By Christopher Ruocchio

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 navigate the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself fighting a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.Read what everyone is saying aboutand Empire of Silence:'A good readand . . . a space opera with a feudal, in many ways medieval society where religion holds sway and heretics are extravagantly tortured . . .and most of the technology is like magic . . . I've not read sci-fi of this type for some time' Mark Lawrence,and Sunday Timesand bestselling author ofand The Prince of Thorns'The Name of the Wind but in space . . . an excellent SF story'and Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Everything from the dialogue, the action, to the worldbuilding is simply excellentand and I loved damn near every page of this book' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fantastic interstellar fantasy taleand . . . Just terrific and leaves you waiting desperately for the next instalment in this new series' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Great protagonist, great supporting cast, incredibly creative worldbuilding,and in a world that feels truly huge' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Superb.and It really is a mix of Dune andamp; Name of the Wind. Brilliant insightful writing too.and One of the most refreshing space operas to come along in years. Loved. It' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'This book took me for one hell of a ride, that's for sure . . .and It kept me reading for hours and hoursand at a time' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Set in a sweeping sci-fi political landscape thatand rivals anything constructed by Herbertand . . .and This is great, great stuff. 5-stars' Justin Call, author ofand Master of Sorrows