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The Lesser Devil

By: Christopher Ruocchio
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
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Can the youngest son of a noble house save his family from a plot generations in the making?

Crispin Marlowe grew up in his brother’s shadow, but Hadrian is gone, and his grandmother - the Duchess of Delos - is dying.

Answering her summons, Crispin takes off on what should be a routine flight to the ducal palace from the castle at Devil’s Rest. But he is flying into a trap. There are whispers of treachery among the duchess’s many daughters, rumors of hidden knives in the planet’s court...if he can even make it there.

With no one coming to save him and only his sister, Sabine, and a few injured guardsmen to protect him, House Marlowe’s least famous son must make his heroic stand, and contend not only the foes arrayed against his house, but with the cultists who dwell in the mountains above his family’s ancestral home....

©2020 Christopher Ruocchio (P)2020 Recorded Books

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Love the details and references

I really enjoyed the injection of the museum serfs to the Sun Eater universe. I had just finished a casual study of the Crusades and everything about the Priest and the village became so interesting and made the references so much richer for me.

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Great story

I was not a huge fan of book one, but this was very enjoyable.

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Excellent

Such a good story and excellent view into the other side after Hadrian ran away. It was heartwarming, Chris does such a good job at character development, without rushing that I am used to, I cared about so many of these characters and felt loss as each of them died or were wounded. Beautifully done, never stop writing books!

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Amazing Characterization

Redeemed the main character of this book from an annoying little brother to someone i could understand and sympathize with.

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So much character development!

I really enjoyed this story. It explains a lot of the series, but also shows a very well written character development.

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The two younger siblings

I loved seeing what happened to Chrispen after his brother left. Very good side story.

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Character development

I really liked how the author doesn't leave you in the dark from the previous book about the characters main family. I also enjoyed the character build of the younger brother. I hope some how in the future they can meet again

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Story was weak for the series

I wanted more of this universe and more of the characters while I wait for book three of the main sun eater to come out. It was disappointing. The performance was first rate, as is par for this narrator. I just felt like the author confused Crispin and Hadrian and there wasn't much of a reason for it other than at one brief point, he ruminates that "he must have remembered more than he thought," of what his tutor, Gibson, had taught him. Meh.

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Short story and some what interesting. I like the characters but this installment was a little “meh” for me. However I will continue in the series.

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Awesome - Wish This Were In Book 1!

I really enjoyed this much more than book 1. I wish it were integrated into book one somehow. Crispin is more endearing than Hadrian, and everything about this story was compelling. The setting was beautiful, and there's a freakin lightsaber. Common!

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