Empire of Silence

By Christopher Ruocchio

Book Overview

" E]pic science fiction at its most genuinely epic." --James S.A. Corey, New York Times-bestselling author of The Expanse novels "This wow book is a must for fans of Pierce Brown and Patrick... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075641301X
• ISBN13: 9780756413019
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

There's just something about this book that grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go. It gave me nearly everything I look for in fiction; provides escapism while being thought provoking, interesting and flawed characters, and palpable descriptions of emotion. The blurb on the back of the book, a quote from Library Journal, says it better than I can: "Although stretched across a vast array of planets, the story line is often more focused on the intimate than on the expanse[...]". And y'all, that is my sh*t. That being said, the book is not without it's flaws; there are too many references, a handful of overwritten sentences, and the literary inspirations for the story make themselves very obvious, toeing the line of being almost derivative for the first quarter of the book. But I find these flaws to be quite charming! They do not take away from the story or affected my enjoyment at all. Overall, it's an excellent story written by a very talented author and has become a favorite of mine. I hear the rest of the series is even better!