Now that Hadrian has taken himself out of the succession game, he can spend more of his time drawing Kyra, right? What will he do??

This episode contains our first brush with violence experienced by our narrator. How his family responds becomes the focal point we focus on in these chapters. and we even get a glimpse into some weird issues Hadrian is having with his eyes.

Outside of plot, we dissect the differences between Hadrian and Alistair in their values, Gibson as Hadrian's surrogate parent, the ship of Theseus, stoic philosophy and much more!

Devil's Rest Book Club is Cameron Elston and Drew Welty. Today’s episode discussed Chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio, copyright 2018.  Empire of Silence was originally published by DAW books on July 3rd, 2018. Quality editing and original music by Cameron Elston.

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