Empire of Silence

It was not his war.

On 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.

But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier.

Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world. Forced to fight as a gladiator and navigate the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself fighting a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.

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A good read . . . a space opera with a feudal, in many ways medieval society where religion holds sway and heretics are extravagantly tortured . . . most of the technology is like magic . . . Ive not read sci-fi of this type for some time Mark Lawrence, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Prince of Thorns

The Name of the Wind but in space . . . an excellent SF story Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Everything from the dialogue, the action, to the worldbuilding is simply excellent and I loved damn near every page of this book Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

A fantastic interstellar fantasy tale . . . Just terrific and leaves you waiting desperately for the next instalment in this new series Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Great protagonist, great supporting cast, incredibly creative worldbuilding, in a world that feels truly huge Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Superb. It really is a mix of Dune & Name of the Wind. Brilliant insightful writing too. One of the most refreshing space operas to come along in years. Loved. It Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

This book took me for one hell of a ride, thats for sure . . . It kept me reading for hours and hours at a time Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Set in a sweeping sci-fi political landscape that rivals anything constructed by Herbert . . . This is great, great stuff. 5-stars Justin Call, author of Master of Sorrows