Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio

Kingdoms of Death

The Sun Eater: Book Four

Christopher Ruocchio, Samuel Roukin, Recorded Books

Astra Publishing House · Print & ebook · June 13, 2023

The fourth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.

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Genres
Space Opera, Military Sci-Fi, Epic Fantasy
Published
Astra Publishing House, June 13, 2023

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The fourth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire. Hadrian Marlowe is trapped. For nearly a century, he has been a guest of the Emperor, forced into the role of advisor, a prisoner of his own legend. But the war is changing. Mankind is losing. The Cielcin are spilling into human space from the fringes, picking their targets with cunning precision.

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The Great Prince Syriani Dorayaica is uniting their clans, forging them into an army and threat the likes of which mankind has never seen. And the Empire stands alone. Now the Emperor has no choice but to give Hadrian Marlowe—once his favorite knight—one more impossible task: journey across the galaxy to the Lothrian Commonwealth and convince them to join the war. But not all is as it seems, and Hadrian’s journey will take him far beyond the Empire, beyond the Commonwealth, impossibly deep behind enemy lines.

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  • military-scale fantasy
  • space-opera momentum

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  • book four in the Sun Eater run
  • a blend of military fantasy and space opera

Where it sits

Space Opera100%
Military Sci-Fi45%
Epic Fantasy44%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Hard Sci-Fi
  • Space Opera
  • Alien Contact
Authors
Christopher Ruocchio, Samuel Roukin, Recorded Books
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published
June 13, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Hard Sci-Fi