They Took the Sun

Far in the distant future, long after the human race has spread itself among the stars and rebuilt itself after being nearly wiped out in a war against artificial intelligence, and the Earth was lost, Christopher Ruocchio’s Sun Eater series recounts the life story of Hadrian Marlowe - a noble, a knight, the Half-mortal, the man who destroyed a sun. The world of Sun Eater is an intriguing mix of refined, futuristic idealism and barbaric practices that feel more in line with the Victorian era. In many ways, it reminds me of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series (which you should also read). While tec