Queen Amid Ashes
Ratings33
Average rating4.1
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Ratings33
Average rating4.1
THOUGH THE BATTLE TO SAVE HER PLANET IS OVER, THE WAR NEVER ENDS.
Hadrian Marlowe is newly a knight of the galaxy-spanning Sollan Empire: a hero who they say slew the alien Prince Aranata Otiolo in single combat; a man they say no man or xenobite can kill.
Acting on the Emperor’s orders, Hadrian has come to the desert planet Thagura and driven off the Cielcin invaders, rescuing in the process the Lady Gadar Malyan, Baroness of that entire world.
But not all the fighting is ended. Pockets of inhuman resistance remain on the desert world, and Hadrian the Halfmortal must soon do battle with not only the man-eating alien barbarians, but with something just as terrible: man’s own inhumanity to man.
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6 primary books14 released booksThe Sun Eater is a 14-book series with 6 primary works first released in 1950 with contributions by Christopher Ruocchio, L.J. Hachmeister, and 11 others.
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A Sun Eater novella that captures the brutality of invasion and how leadership responds in its wake. Seductive, bloody and a nice dose of tension.
Queen Amid Ashes really was Sun Eater 2.5. The story takes place between Howling Dark and Demon in White and also follow Hadrian with the well known first-person narration.
While The Lesser Devil felt like an action packed side step, this felt more like a must read addition to the main story. There are nice elements that deeper the world building and Hadrian has some small, but important, character development.
4.25 Stars
Very good novella that continues to fill in pieces of this universe. Useful Appendixes (reminds me of the appendices in LOTR and Dune) if you like that sort of thing :)
Continueing to love Hadrian's POV and the storytelling is fantastic. Looking forward to continueing the series with Demon In White.
