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Sun Eater Books in Order

by Christopher RuocchioScience Fiction & Fantasy

7 books and 3 novellas from Empire of Silence (2018) to Shadows upon Time (2025). Rated 4.6 across 20,884 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Empire of Silence

    Book 1 2018 4.4 (5.1k)

    Hadrian 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. It was not his war.

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  2. The Lesser Devil

    Novella 1.5 2020 4.6 (1.1k)

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  3. Howling Dark

    Book 2 2019 4.6 (3.2k)

    The second 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 lost.

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  4. Queen Amid Ashes

    Novella 2.6 2022 4.5 (597)

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  5. Demon in White

    Book 3 2020 4.8 (2.7k)

    For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien race bent on humanity's destruction. Rumors of a new king among the Cielcin have reached the imperial throne.

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  6. Kingdoms of Death

    Book 4 2022 4.7 (2.2k)

    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.

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  7. Ashes of Man

    Book 5 2022 4.8 (1.8k)

    The fifth 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. The galaxy is burning.

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  8. The Dregs of Empire

    Novella 5.6 2024 4.7 (454)

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  9. Disquiet Gods

    Book 6 2024 4.8 (1.7k)

    The sixth 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. The end is nigh.

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  10. Shadows upon Time

    Book 7 2025 4.6 (2.1k)

    The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen Ambitious universe-building combines with intimate…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Sun Eater is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (1.5 comes after book 1). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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