{"product_id":"empire-of-silence-by-christopher-ruocchio","title":"Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[E]pic science fiction at its most genuinely epic.” —James S.A. Corey,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of The Expanse novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This wow book is a must for fans of Pierce Brown and Patrick Rothfuss.” —Library Journal (starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was not his war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56329110716582,"sku":"9780756419264","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Deluxe Hardcover","offer_id":56329110749350,"sku":"9780756421168","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/9780756419264.jpg?v=1774711705","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/empire-of-silence-by-christopher-ruocchio","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}