Empire of Silence

This feels like a prelude to the big story that's about to unfold in the rest of the saga.

The plot is simple with focus on themes, ideas and most of all I feel like it has two objectives:

First in getting us to know the main character seeing him struggle and be the hero, and we understand his noble intentions and where he comes from, while in contrast knowing that he will do these terrible things that we are told by him that he will do, since the story is being told in the future by him. It's very much like seeing Anakin in the prequels knowing what he will become, but here the author actually says that the right choice for Anakin would've been to become Darth Vader, so that's a hook for ya.


And second in introducing us to a lot of characters that are clearly gonna have more to do in the bigger story later, which I feel like it's a cool idea but maybe there were too many so a lot you are gonna get more out of in a reread than in actually remembering that they had a role in the first book later on, since they have very small roles and we are told by the MC that they where important in his life later basically, it was a problem for me since I learn the names by repetition, not by being told that they are important one time in an 800 page book.

Overall the beginning was the highlight for me, and then I felt like the middle part dragged a little longer than it needed and then it picked back up in the ending.

Very good read and it sets the saga nicely.