Empire of the Fallen vs Eyes of the Void: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Empire of the Fallen Empire of the Fallen Richard Swan · 2017 ★★★★☆ 3.8 474 pages · ≈ 8 h 47 m · Moderate
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The Veilbound Heart: Empire of the VeilBook 3 of the Veilbound Heart TrilogyBy Martin SwanThe Veil has fallen.The empire has awakened.And the final war has begun.After uncovering ancient truths buried for ten thousand…

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Cover of Eyes of the Void Eyes of the Void Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022 ★★★★☆ 4.2 Moderate
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Sequel to Shards of Earth. An Architect almost destroyed humanity's foremost colony, until Idris Telemmier turned it aside. But that was just the start of the war - and now no planet is safe. Ancient artefacts once…

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The verdict

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Scores by source

Empire of the FallenEyes of the Void
Goodreads — 4.2 (21912)
Hardcover 4.1 (4) 4.1 (283)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (337)
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Reception

Empire of the FallenEyes of the Void
Ratings 4 21912
Editions 1 6
Want to read — 12217
Reading it now — 2418
Written reviews — 1358
Wikipedia attention — 5773
Pages 474 —
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Empire of the Fallen or Eyes of the Void?

Eyes of the Void has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Eyes of the Void 4.2/5, Empire of the Fallen 3.8/5).

Which is harder to read: Empire of the Fallen or Eyes of the Void?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Empire of the Fallen: Moderate; Eyes of the Void: Moderate.

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