{"product_id":"empire-of-silence-deluxe-hardcover-hardcover","title":"Empire of Silence (Deluxe Hardcover) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Ruocchio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Special deluxe edition with sprayed edges, premium cover effects, map, new foreword, bonus content, and the short story \"The Pits of Emesh\"** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmbitious universe-building combines with intimate character portraits for storytelling on a truly epic scale--for fans of Orson Scott Card, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Patrick Rothfuss and Jack Campbell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was not his war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The 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\u003eFleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world. Forced to fight as a gladiator and into the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself 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 series blending elements of both science fiction and fantasy, as well as more than twenty-five works of short fiction. A graduate of North Carolina State University, he sold his first novel, Empire of Silence, at twenty-two. His books have appeared in nine languages. Christopher lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.98 x 9.14 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987600736557,"sku":"9780756421168","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZMxWET6uA29780756421168.webp?v=1776182924","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/empire-of-silence-deluxe-hardcover-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}