{"product_id":"empire-of-silence-the-sun-eater-book-one-paperback","title":"Empire of Silence: The Sun Eater: Book One - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Ruocchio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[E]pic science fiction at its most genuinely epic\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --James S.A. Corey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of The Expanse novels \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This wow book is a must for fans of Pierce Brown and Patrick Rothfuss.\" --Library Journal (starred) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHadrian 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was not his war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe starts down a path that can only end in fire. He flees his father and a future as a torturer only to be left stranded on a strange, backwater world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForced to fight as a gladiator and navigate the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, Hadrian must fight a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Ruocchio\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally award-winning author of The Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series, and the former Junior Editor at Baen Books, where he edited several anthologies. His work has also appeared in Marvel comics. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he studied English Rhetoric and the Classics. Christopher has been writing since he was eight and sold his first novel, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, at twenty-two. His books have appeared in five languages. Christopher lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, Jenna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764427096352,"sku":"9780756419264","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e503decba418a06c3f3a62e8fd9dec67_1a97539c-6c35-43d5-ae0c-7abbb05dc631.webp?v=1780247985","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/empire-of-silence-the-sun-eater-book-one-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}