Devil's Rest Book Club

Now that Hadrian has taken himself out of the succession game, he can spend more of his time drawing Kyra, right? What will he do?? This episode contains our first brush with violence experienced by our narrator. How his family responds becomes the focal point we focus on in these chapters. and we even get a glimpse into some weird issues Hadrian is having with his eyes. Outside of plot, we dissec...

Will our narrator's big play to get back in the succession game work? Maybe? We will have to see! Hadrian may be a great swordsman but he seems to be less adept in the ways of the court! This episode features discussions of cannibalism among aliens, a centuries long war, canny contract negotiations, disappointed fathers and even some gladiatorial games featuring eldritch horrors just to make it th...

There are beginnings listener...and this is one. Our first episode of our Podcast! We dive DEEP into Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. Chapter one is an absolute banger. This week, we are introduced to our...Hero? Villain? We are unsure. But at the very least he is our narrator, Hadrian Marlowe. We discuss the weight of the first two pages for about an hour and then...

Welcome dear listeners to the trailer and intro to our new series, Devil's Rest Book Club. We are setting out on a detailed re-read of Christopher Ruocchio's The Sun Eater, a modern science fantasy epic. In this first episode, we introduce ourselves as hosts, explain why we believe Sun Eater to be worth your time and generally just rant about the series as a whole. No spoilers though! If you have...