Kingdoms of Death

Hadrian Marlowe is a name whispered with both reverence and revulsion across the galaxy. He is the man who destroyed a sun, annihilating an alien race and billions of human lives, earning him the infamous title "the Sun Eater." This is his memoir, a sweeping, first-person account of how a privileged nobleman's son, born into a galaxy-spanning empire 20,000 years in the future, became this legendary, controversial figure.

Fleeing a preordained future and his powerful family, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a distant world, forced into a fight for survival amidst interstellar war, intricate political machinations, and ancient cosmic threats. This space opera, blending epic fantasy and far-future science fiction, delves into questions of destiny, morality, and the true cost of salvation. Discover the winding path that led Hadrian Marlowe to become both humanity's greatest hero and its most reviled murderer, and decide if his choices were justified.