Empire of Silence

Their is so much potential in this series and the author has excellent prose. It's a fantastic start to a series. But while not perfect. It has a lot of good about it. The world building and lore is rich and lush. The characters are unique and the prose is great. The dialogue is snappy and reads well.

My biggest issues is theirs a lot of set up. And it feels like we get established and things start making sense and we go to another world it's like starting over which breaks the pacing down. Some parts seemed a bit unnecessary or could've been trimmed down but I feel like it will come full circle later possibly.

I also find the main character frustrating sometimes and makes decisions that are there only to move the plot so I hope he grows more and we see it in the next book.

Theirs a ton of inspiration from Dune and book of the new sun and you can see the attention to detail that Ruocchio puts into his universe.