Empire of Silence - Book Review (Sun Eater #1)

[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

Christopher Roucchio is a cool guy. One of my favorite writer pals to hang out with.

[@alexnieves]

He can write one hell of a book that's for sure.

[@thefantasynuttwork]

"if you liked Farseer" you have my attention

[@alexnieves]

There's a lot to love with this book.

[@thefantasynuttwork]

@@alexnieves awesome review bro, this is top priority for me in 2022

[@alexnieves]

Should be in time for book 4!

[@thefantasynuttwork]

@@alexnieves did they ever make trade paper backs btw? I know you said the hardcovers are really difficult to find/expensive

[@alexnieves]

I've been able to find the HCs for $20 or less but I don't believe there are trade paperbacks, just the mass markets.

[@markymarkeaton]

I just started reading this a day ago. His writing style is so good I haven’t wanted to put it down

[@alexnieves]

I hope you continue to enjoy it's so good!

[@WordsinTime]

Awesome review! I feel pretty similarly to you about Empire of Silence. I love how rich the world is and how deep the characters are. As soon as I finished it, I bought Howling Dark and Demon in White. Can't wait to read them!

[@alexnieves]

They just get better and better.

[@TheLibraryofAllenxandria]

Whaaaaat, this sound super cool, Alex. And I love the covers.

[@alexnieves]

Liene and I think you'd really dig it!

[@MacScarfield]

Just read the preview of the first 5 chapters of «Empire of Silence», were I caught: Jadd: The Jaddite Faith from several Guy Gavriel Kay novels (GGK’s mix of Christian Trappings and the Sun Cults from Antiquity: Unsurprising given Ruocchio have stated himself as a fan of GGK, with signed books by him) & Jeddah, an Ancient Port City in Modern Day Saudi Arabia Birth Vats for the Nobility: «Brave New World» by Aldous Huxley Hadrian’s home planet of Delos: Greek Island, Holy Site for the worship of Apollo and Artemis and the Athenian-led Delian League which fought Sparta in the Peloponnesian War of the 5th Century BC + The Name of the Mega-Corporation running the parks in «Westworld» Hadrian’s brother Crispin: The St. Crispin’s Day Speech from «Henry V» The Alien Antagonists, the Cielcin: Ciel (French: Sky) + sin (Mr. Ruocchio is Catholic, alright! 😄) Lothrian: Have some similar language structure as the Free City of Lorath from GRRM’s «ASOIAF» + Lotharingia/Lorraine in Modern Day France Hadrian’s family name Marlowe and their Devil Symbol: Christopher Marlowe wrote «Doctor Faustus», about the eponymous scholar who make a pact with the devil Mephistopheles (+ a reversed color scheme of the Manchester United Devil Logo, given the Marlowes’ English Ancestry?) The Mother of Hadrian’s Family Name, Kephalos: Cephalus, whom Socrates have a dialogue with in Plato’s «Republic». Cephalus give as a definition of justice «to give each what is owed to them», which Socrates refutes by saying that returning a borrowed knife to someone who has turned mad and might therefore hurt themselves, is not just…(cue philosophizing on justice and madness!😅)

[@PuzzledXpression]

Down with the Chantry! I just finished and love this book. So curious to find out how Hadrian earns his notoriety for destroying a star.

[@alexnieves]

Fantastic book. I'm happy you loved it! Howling Dark and Demon in White kick its ass in every way too so you're in for a treat.

[@thatsci-firogue]

Have the series ready to go on the Kindle now, but right now the Howlers are calling.

[@alexnieves]

Can't go wrong with either!

[@thatsci-firogue]

Just finished this. You were right. I did love it. My only nitpick is it didn't feel Sci-Fantasy to me, but for all i know that will change with later books. Its only a mild mostly jokey nitpick btw, it's a great book regardless. Good thing I've the next two on hand. I'm gonna try and finish Dark Age before I pick up Howling Dark but I can't promise that 😃 Also I loved a lot of the side characters. Cat. Switch. Valka. Hadrian's mother. Balian. Gibson. Just to name a few. Plus I love 1st person retrospectives. I've been reading a lot of those lately from Farseer and Warlord Chronicles. And Ruocchio's pacing is excellent imo. I definitely wanted more of Hadrian's dynamics with his family but what we got I thoroughly enjoyed especially Hadrian's mother.

[@alexnieves]

It's definitely sci fantasy but leans much more into sci-fi than fantasy. It's a very different approach than Red Rising takes.

[@thatsci-firogue]

@@alexnieves that's cool cuz I love genre blending.

[@slappywhite2084]

Just read Empire of Silence and really enjoyed it, glad that it looks like it’s starting to get some recognition

[@alexnieves]

Hope so! I loved it and can't wait to continue.

[@navisahota1031]

Great review, Alex! This sounds so good!

[@alexnieves]

I hope you enjoy if you read it 🙂

[@kevinwalsh9704]

When I got back into reading like 3 years ago, this was one of the first books I got. I read through like 10% but fell off with full intentions of going back someday. Looking forward to this video in 6-12 months when I get around to finally finishing 😅.

[@alexnieves]

You definitely should! It's so great.

[@kevinwalsh9704]

@@alexnieves Hey it only took 1 month instead of 6-12. Just finished book one so I'm about to watch the first video you did with Liene. The first 50-60% of this book was fine. I enjoyed the initial family dynamics but wasn't really clicking with the surviving in the slums/gladiator/I'm a tutor mid section. But as soon as Hadrian shows off his family ring and says "let's fight" to that asshole mutant guy I got engaged again. Then it's the dig site, the crashed ship, the last 30% of the book I tore through today. That last section really started to open up the universe, and like Red Rising's sequels, where it's not all locked on one planet, when we can actually explore the universe, that's where I can really fall for a sci-fi series. And hopefully Howling Dark is going to do that.

[@alexnieves]

You are in for quite the journey with Howling Dark, it's better in every single way.

[@jakebishop7822]

I mean I was already going to read this, but I will now even more read it

[@alexnieves]

Now you can read it even harder

[@thatsci-firogue]

Been meaning to read this, hopefully next year since I'm trying to read less Fantasy. Plus Dune is one of my favourite books of all-time.

[@alexnieves]

Awesome! Hopefully you love it

[@meghanjackson7494]

Love Hobb! Love Lawrence! Love Red Rising and Name of the Wind too. How has this book escaped my radar until now? Can’t wait to read it!

[@alexnieves]

It's so good I hope you love it!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Good book lol. You liked it more than I did. But I’m excited to continue.

[@alexnieves]

Hopefully Howling Dark leaves you more satisfied!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@alexnieves fingers crossed

[@jeremyfee]

Great review. It sounds like a little bit of everything, put together well.

[@alexnieves]

That's a good way of putting it.

[@akellerhouse83]

I'll have to add this to my tbr. Good review!

[@alexnieves]

Always happy to add to the TBR

[@iplantevin]

Nice review! Sounds like I'd like the book. Bumped it up from maybe-read to must-read 😊

[@alexnieves]

Enjoy! It's fantastic.

[@cynthiaholmes5124]

I really can't wait to read this book in July going to request this book next week at the library 😊🙂🤗☺️

[@alexnieves]

I really hope you enjoy! I loved it.

[@rhyleygrant5660]

First books great the third book my favorite one

[@alexnieves]

Everybody I know that's read these say that and it's got me very excited.

[@cynthiaholmes5124]

Have you heard about a book called in the ravenous dark by a.m Strickland it's a great fantasy novel I absolutely loved it and the character rovan a blood mage 🌈💖💝🌟🤗

[@alexnieves]

I haven't heard of that but I'll check it out!

[@theabelmontero]

YESYESYESSSSSSS 🔥🔥🔥

[@alexnieves]

🔥🔥🔥

[@brightskysyl3913]

Yaaaay! :D watching it now

[@alexnieves]

Hope you enjoy 😀

[@stephensimpson1963]

Great series!

[@alexnieves]

I'm looking forward to the rest of it!