The Story
The sixth and penultimate novel of the galaxyspanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fireAmbitious universebuilding combines with intimate character portraits for storytelling on a truly epic scalefor fans of Orson Scott Card, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Patrick Rothfuss and Jack CampbellThe end is nigh.It has been nearly two hundred years since Hadrian Marlowe assaulted the person of the Emperor and walked away from war. From his Empire. His duty. From the will and service of the eldritch being known only as the Quiet. The galaxy lies in the grip of a terrible plague, and worse, the Cielcin have overrun the realms of men.A messenger has come to Jadd, bearing a summons from the Sollan Emperor for the onetime hero. A summons, a pardon, and a plea. HAPSIS, the Emperor?s secret firstcontact intelligence organization, has located one of the dreadful Watchers, the immense, powerful beings worshipped by the Pale Cielcin.Called out of retirement and exile, the old heroaccompanied by his daughter, Cassandramust race across the galaxy and against time to accomplish one last, impossible task:To kill a god.
Description
The sixth and penultimate novel of the galaxyspanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fireAmbitious universebuilding combines with intimate character portraits for storytelling on a truly epic scalefor fans of Orson Scott Card, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Patrick Rothfuss and Jack CampbellThe end is nigh.It has been nearly two hundred years since Hadrian Marlowe assaulted the person of the Emperor and walked away from war. From his Empire. His duty. From the will and service of the eldritch being known only as the Quiet. The galaxy lies in the grip of a terrible plague, and worse, the Cielcin have overrun the realms of men.A messenger has come to Jadd, bearing a summons from the Sollan Emperor for the onetime hero. A summons, a pardon, and a plea. HAPSIS, the Emperor?s secret firstcontact intelligence organization, has located one of the dreadful Watchers, the immense, powerful beings worshipped by the Pale Cielcin.Called out of retirement and exile, the old heroaccompanied by his daughter, Cassandramust race across the galaxy and against time to accomplish one last, impossible task:To kill a god.
