{"product_id":"empire-of-silence-christopher-ruocchio-9780756419264","title":"Empire of Silence: The Sun Eater: Book One","description":"\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Ruocchio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0756419263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780756419264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daw Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.50d","brand":"Christopher Ruocchio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159561597183,"sku":"9780756419264","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efc87191-3c57-4966-a531-cfcb8f3fb413.jpg?v=1689083340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empire-of-silence-christopher-ruocchio-9780756419264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}