I read EoS last year and wasn’t excited enough to keep going with the series, but I haven’t stopped thinking about the book since then, and that’s a sign of an amazing story. And your video has now officially convinced me to keep going!

This video inspired me to read Empire of Silence. Ended up reading the last 250 pages in a single day. Thanks for the video! Can't wait to dive into Howling Dark and the rest of the series

100% agree with you Tall Guy. Super epic and incredible series. Once you get past the obvious Dune overtones, it's one of my all time favorites and that's saying something. Also, Half-Mortal is up there with the Reaper of Mars and Paul Atreides as my favorite badass sci fi characters

Fantastic video - doing good work getting more fans for this amazing series!

Thank you for spreading the word for my fav series of all time! Watching your video gave me goosebumps, you touched on all the points of why I love this series so much!

WOW! What a glowing review for the Sun Eater Series! Honestly, if I wasn't into this genre, I'd definitely be convinced to start reading this series after watching your vid! The fact that each book gets better is fantastic, considering that is almost unheard of in any series. Hopefully I'll be able to get them sometime soon. Awesome vid Alex!

Awesome video and thrilled that you're getting the word out about how amazing the series is! Agree with every point, and I loved the chat about how individual each book feels, which is not so common in big series

Hey Alex. I have had this series on my TBR since I started watching your channel and hearing all the high praise you have for this story but I always hesitated because of the commitment. But in this video you are like a prosecutor laying out a closing argument about why I should not wait any longer. You have never steered me wrong so my journey with this series starts today.

5/5, I'm convinced, Alex! This sounds like everything I could want in a fantasy space opera series. I'm hoping I can get to this next year. I just need to figure out if I should read this first or Three-Body Problem, which you've also convinced me I need to read. Fantastic review!

Reading Empire of Silence now and I’m loving it! Looking forward to reading the whole series. Thanks for the motivation!

Great video!! I am on the cusp of buying this book.....I am not much of a sci fi reader at all (prefer fantasy much much more) but I think it might blend the genres well enough that it wont matter. Thanks!

Great video Alex! I can’t wait to get to this next year.

Dude, your videos are just on another level. This was fantastic, your enthusiasm and passion for the series is so infectious, I love it.

This video got me to order the first book of the series! Thanks for the great review! 👍🏻👍🏻

I just finished Empire of Silence. As I mentioned on one of your most recent videos, I had never heard of this series (unbelievably!), but was really enjoying the read. Even the Note on Translation at the end of the book speaks to the quality and author's attention to detail. If, as you say, each one gets better, I can't wait to read the rest!

From this day forward when someone asks about this series or for sci-fi recommendations, I will refer them to this video. This was absolutely fantastic! Christopher Rocchio should cut you a check for this!

Fantastic video Alex! There is a readalong of Sun Eater starting in January with Jose’s Amazing Worlds and Ian at BNB Books. I shared your video on Steve Talks Books forum Page Chewing, where there is a thread for the readalong. Hope you have a great day!

I was cheering you on when you started this, and now you've passed me up as I didn't get a pre-release copy of Ashes of Man >_> Glad you've loved it as much as I have. I remember when I asked in Mike's Discord about whether I should read it or not, and someone said something along the lines of "Do you like five star banger books? Read Sun Eater. End of Sales Pitch."

my guy alex! gonna read sun eater as well as the lonesome dove because you! keep doing what you're doing my friend!

This was already in permanent ink on the TBR, but hearing you gush about it so much makes me really want to read this sooner rather than later!

THESE are the types of straight to the point and descriptive reviews that I want before comiting to a book

Why yes, I would very much like to be along for the ride!! Seeing you all fall in love with this series over the last couple of months has been super lovely to watch and it totally shot this series up to the top of my TBR for next year!! I love the sound of this genre-blendy series with such rich characters and wild twists and turns. Also, prose never makes or breaks a story for me, but I do like me some lyrical writing, that can really just add that unique flair and extra layer of immersion, you know? Amazing video!! 🥰

Fist I was curious by the Sun Eater title, but you sold the book to me. As a huge Dune fan, i have totally to check out these series if anything for academic research and understanding of the genre more.

Was on the fence about this series but you just convinced me to dive in

Hello 👋 I’m so glad you found a wonderful book series which is added to your list... I’m finishing John Gwynn book Wrath the last book in the series...so far very tense 😬... happy December reading to you!! ❄️☃️🎄

I never heard of this series until I joined some discord servers and it continues to climb up that TBR and I get more and more intrigued each time I hear someone talk about it! Thanks for getting me more excited for it.

Hey saw this vid and a few others whilst searching for a new read and got me intrigued….halfway through demon in white and just loving this series…..talk about heart racing!….the prose is sublime and your right…each book so far feels different to the last…..in a great way….cheers…..I’m on this ride to the light till the end.

Thank you totally agree

I just finished book 2...i really enjoy it. I haven't read a ton of Sci Fi specifically but am really enjoying how new/different this feels.

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!😅)

I'm finishing up Dandelion Dynasty and my options for what to start next are Sun Eater or Faithfull and the Fallen. I was leaning Faithfull but this video might have turned me. Great job as always, keep it up!

This is a series I've been on the fence with the last couple of years so I had it penciled in for my 2023 tbr. However, this video pumped me up so I might have to start it this month and fit it in between Brian Lee Durfee's The Five Warrior Angels trilogy and my rereads of ASOIAF and The Second Apocalypse.

Well, you got me to bump up Realm of the Elderlings in my TBR, and you are doing the same for Sun Eater now...

Almost through book 1 and I love this series already

Because it rules! That’s why. Top 3 series ever for me. Love these books and good to see more people picking them up!!!

Dude... You have me PUMPED to finish this book and series. I just started Empire of Silence, and honestly, it has been kinda hard to push through. It has so many elements from Dune I find myself thinking of that book instead of being lost in this new world. But this video has made me want to push through and experience what sounds to be one of the greatest Space Opera's of all time! Thanks for the Motivation!

I have the first 4 but I'm waiting to finish a few other series before I jump in. Great reasons for me to try it!

The Sun Eater is such an amazing series! Really looking forward to Ashes of Man soon

I love Sun Eater series. Definitely underrated author.

Thanks for the help. Book one is on the way. ✌️

I absolutely love this series! Every book so far has been a 5 star read. I’m so excited for the conclusion in Ashes of Man!

Just finished book two.. man is it good!!!

Reading and listening to book 1 now.

I bought Empire of Silence from the bookstore a year ago JUST because my boyfriend was in one of his book reading phases and I was tired of the silence in the house so the title caught my attention Lol i was sold after i read the back cover. Fast forward to me being absolutely hooked on this series and enjoying reading again.

I really want to read this series next year 😁

I subscribed

I'm definitely sold on this series, and it sounds like exactly what I've been looking for, trying to get into something Sci Fi/Space Opera (I usually only read Fantasy). But, I'm a stickler for hardcovers. I feel the need to wait for some kind of special edition of the first 3 books (Broken Binding?). The first 3 are incredibly rare and expensive, but the novella collections seem to be non-existent. I haven't found these for sale anywhere...at all... 1) The Lesser Devil and Other Stories 2) Queen Amid Ashes and Other Stories

Sun Eater kicks so much ass. Obsessed with it

I guess I'll be starting thisi series in Jan. As it is Sci-fi January for me.

Planning for Empire of Silence to be my first read of 2023. I need a new epic sci-fi series now that The Expanse is completed.

I think its biggest issue is...people making it past Empire of Silence, nto that is is a bad book at all...i personally enjoyed it But its like a 'small' stepping stone in to something that expands sooooo much and gets way better as the books go along it does feel like appreciation for the series is growing though as the last few books have been amazing. And in turn its picking up a lot of recommendations across various formats.

Definitely would love to continue with the series but the library doesn't have the other books for some reason so im going to gave to buy the other books

You should give Book of the New Sun a shot! It has a similar vibe (and name) as Sun Eater and a similar narration style.

At this stage I'd have to re-read Empire of Silence to continue. Its been almost a year since I read so I'm bound to have forgotten something. Maybe in the new year 😁

reading this after red rising series

Pretty much, YUP.

I have only read Demon in White which is really good. But the rest of the series I am not interested in reading. I have read the few chapters of each book, not interested. I believe that each book is stand alone because I didn't feel I was missing anything by only reading book 3. Also very good writing/ proses.

I pre-ordered the mass market paperback of Kingdoms of Death to match the first three MMPBs I own. I won't read the series until I have all the books. I prefer to binge series.

Where did you get the empire of silence in hardcover! o:

I would love to read the Sun Eater series, unfortunately I prefer physical books but have been unable to get my hands on the hardcovers for books 1-3. Such a shame. I’m considering starting this series as an audiobook. Does anyone have experience with the Sun Eater audiobooks?

Red Rising is one of my all time fav series along with First Law,also huge Star Wars Fan, so do you think will like this series??since you have read this and Red Rising, how would you compare the two? Do you prefer one over the other ?

I've never read any sci-fi. Is this serie too hard to start with?

Is it grimdark like WH40k ? Is it epic like STAR WARS ?

I AM SOLD

i wanna read them but i cannot for the life of me find them in stores (where i am anyway). makes me sad.

There is something very Columbo here in EoS.

You can really feel your passion for these books, but maybe you could add more specific information in the future. You mention classic tropes it uses, but don't tell us which ones. You mention Hadrian has both good and bad traits, but not which ones. You mention each book is its own subgenre, but not which one. You say the side-characters are great, but don't tell us who they are or what their role in the story is. I say this not to be rude, because I recognize I myself get too vague when I talk about books I love, in fear of accidental spoilers. Just personally, this series is long and I would need to know more before I make the commitment. I have been burned too many times before lol.

Well i 15 mins into the audiobook ... and sofar it doesnt hook me... not like other books like Hungergames or Olds man war... but i will listen to the whole frist book i guess

Hi Alex. You've made this sound highly desirable to read. I have one suggestion for your videos. Please use the word 'incredible' less often. When a viewer hears it so much in a review fatigue sets in. Its' usage then has the opposite effect of what the author intended. You've got solid content. I might add Suneater for the latter half of my own 2023 TBR. Happy holidays.

I found book 1 underwhelming and boring. I hope it really gets better. So far I liked Red Rising better.

The sample wasn't interesting to read. Also, does it not bother you that he lifted sentences from other books?