#sun eater

[puppyaulait]

[mymhameme]

Fatgum has acquired a new favorite saying.

[salsadifragola]

theyre a lil family!!!

[virginiaoflykos]

What to read after Light Bringer? (Series similar to Red Rising)

August 2023 update!

Red Rising is my favorite series of all time, and since I first read it, I have sought series and books similar in both spirit and execution. Some of these recs are books I haven’t read personally, but have often come up in discussions with other users!

1. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Status: ongoing, expected 10 books in total, 4/10 out at the moment

Book 1: The Way of Kings. The Way of Kings takes place on the world of Roshar, where war is constantly being waged on the Shattered Plains, and the Highprinces of Alethkar fight to avenge a king that died many moons ago.

2. The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone

Status: finished, 6/6 books out.

Book 1 (in publication order): Three Parts Dead. Comprised of 6 standalone books set in the same universe, the Craft Sequence tells the tales of the city of Alt Coulumb. The city came out of the God Wars with one of its gods intact, Kos the Everburning. In return for the worship of his people, Kos provides heat and steam power to the citizens of Alt Coulumb; he is also the hub of a vast network of power relationships with other gods and god-like beings across the planet. Oh, and he has just died. If he isn’t revived in some form by the turn of the new moon, the city will descend into chaos and the finances of the globe will take a severe hit.

3. Hierarchy by James Islington

Status: ongoing, 1/3 planned books out

Book 1: The Will of the many. The Will of the Many tells the story of Vis, a young orphan who is adopted by one of the sociopolitical elites of the Hierarchy. Vis is tasked with entering a prestigious magical academy with one goal – ascend the ranks, figure out what the other major branches of the government are doing, and report back. However, that isn’t quite as easy as Vis or anyone else thought it was going to be…

4. Suneater by Christopher Ruocchio

Status: ongoing, 5/7 books out

Book 1: Empire of Silence. Hadrian is a man doomed to universal infamy after ordering the destruction of a sun to commit an unforgivable act of genocide. Told as a chronicle written by an older Hadrian, Empire of Silence details his earlier adventures and serves as an introduction to the characters and the setting.

5. Dune by Frank Herbert

Status: completed, 6/6 books out

Book 1: Dune. Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities.

6. The Expanse by James S A Corey

Status: completed, 9/9 books out

Book 1: Leviathan wakes. Set hundreds of years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain come together for what starts as a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

7. The First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Status: completed. 3 books in the original trilogy + 3 standalone books + 3 books in the newest trilogy

Book 1: The Blade Itself. The story follows the fortunes and misfortunes of bad people who do the right thing, good people who do the wrong thing, stupid people who do the stupid thing and, well, pretty much any combination of the above. Survival is no mean feat, and at the end of the day, dumb luck might be more of an asset than any amount of planning, skill, or noble intention.

8. Cradle by Will Wight

Status: completed, 12/12 books out

Book 1: Unsouled. Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path

9. Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons (one PB’s favorites)

Status: completed, 4/4 books out

Book 1: Hyperion. The story weaves the interlocking tales of a diverse group of travelers sent on a pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on Hyperion. The travelers have been sent by the Church of the Final Atonement, alternately known as the Shrike Church, and the Hegemony (the government of the human star systems) to make a request of the Shrike. As they progress in their journey, each of the pilgrims tells their tale.

[s-e-c-t-i-o-n-8]

[doorstoplord]

@chipper-smol commissioned me for their lovely Sun Eater doing a sprawl ~ comfee

[cryptidbait]

Order of Darkness Sun Eater Model

Order of Light Moon Eater Model

[waking-hell]

Lorna Shore // Sun//Eater

[corn-producer69420]

Idk anymore... Amajiki (sun eater) from mha...my first time drawing him (so far)

[spotlightstudios]

Finally posting this!

@neonsix67 suggested the first row of characters, Bill Cypher of Gravity Falls, Willow Park of The Owl House, and Hordak of She-Ra! (This is the reason I'm actively losing my mind over that guy, btw-)

@alanbradleyofficial suggested Mara to me from TRON: Uprising! (I think??? It was a verbal convo last week and I'm crap at remembering things qwq- this gal is super cool tho!)

An old pal who is not on here suggested Sun-Eater from BNHA!

Then finally, a personal choice from yours truly being Dream!Sans of Dreamtale by Jokublog! (Haha... I think Dream is a character forever relatable to my existence ij my mind-)

The first 3 were done on Procreate and the last 3 were on MedibangPaintPro btw. Procreate twas obliterated for me before I could finish, so inconsistent art style for the win!

[dc-tournaments]

[shiomu]

I had been regenerated, made whole once more, but I was not the man I was before. I was myself the river that I could not step in twice. The waters of yesterday were gone.

- Christopher Ruocchio, Ashes of Man

[miraculousninja-345]

I took a sketch during work and added some color and mess around with the lighting!! The manga has confirmed that the big three are my favorite trio💙

[theseventhoffrostfall]

Finished the sixth sun eater book. Had its highlights, had its stumbles and contrivances. Still engaging but at this point I'm glad the next book is the last; it's on the edge of dragging things out as-is.

One thing I found strange was a return to focus on the Sollan Imperium's vicious backroom politicking and fanatical religious institutions, which is fine in a vacuum but at this point in the story the alien Prophet-King who's gathered the whole of the hermaphrodite cyborg space ork/elf/thing race into a vast horde to crush all mankind in a cannibalistic orgy of planet-pillaging and human sacrifice has stiff competition for the title of Our Biggest Problem Right Now. Makes the wacky space Anglicans bitching about "you didn't praise the Imperial Cult we made up enough" seem like an odd thing to focus on.

[ochaco-0gravity]

“Pretend their just potatoes…yeah no heros here, just starches”

*turns around*

“IM GOING HOME”

-Tamaki Amajiki season 5 episode 89

I have nothing else to say just this, when I saw this scene the first time I literally choked laughing so hard.

[nikihawkes]

Book Review: Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

Title: Empire of Silence Author: Christopher Ruocchio Series: Sun Eater #1 Genre: Sci-Fantasy Rating: 5/5 stars! The Overview: Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series, merging the best of space opera and epic fantasy. It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best…