Shelfology Book Pairing

by Christopher Ruocchio

It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives--even the Emperor himself--against Imperial orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world. Forced to fight as a gladiator and into the intrigues of a foreign planetary court, he will find himself fight a war he did not start, for an Empire he does not love, against an enemy he will never understand.

the absolutely addictive and action-packed space opera

by Pierce Brown

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man. But he is also Darrow: husband, father, friend. After a devastating defeat, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars from Lysander. Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold, and will raze the worlds for his ambitions. The worlds once needed the Reaper. Now they need Darrow. So begins his voyage home, an interplanetary adventure where old friends will reunite, new alliances will be forged, and rivals will clash on the battlefield. Because Eo's dream is still alive - and after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope. Readers love Pierce Brown 'This book, this series, will elicit all the emotions you could possibly feel' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A action packed heart breaking triumph of a novel' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fantastic book' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Everything we could hope from the master that is Pierce Brown, drama, action, love, loss, humour, violence' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Truly an amazing addition to an already outstanding series' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐