{"product_id":"empire-of-silence-the-sun-eater-book-one-9780756419264","title":"Empire of Silence: The Sun Eater: Book One","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEmpire of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eepic science fiction at its most genuinely epic\u003c\/b\u003e. Ruocchio has made something fascinating here, and I can't wait to see what he does next.\" --James S.A. Corey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of The Expanse novels \u003c\/b\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daw Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50580337000722,"sku":"9780756419264","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_909aae38-cc78-431c-8479-660047c9f04f.jpg?v=1737302303","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/empire-of-silence-the-sun-eater-book-one-9780756419264","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}