A man who was revered as a hero and despised as a murderer tells a fascinating story of his life in the debut book of the tetralogy "The Sun Eater," created according to the best canons of the epic cosmo-opera. Adrian Marlo, with the best of intentions, set foot on a path that could only end in fire. And now the Galaxy is grateful to him for the extermination of all alien selsins. But she also remembers him as the devil who destroyed the sun, killing a billion people - and even the emperor himself - against the will of the Empire.