# Novellas

# The Lesser Devil



# Publications (The Lesser Devil)

#### <i>The Lesser Devil</i>, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2020)

[![Novella_TLD.png](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/scaled-1680-/novella-tld.png)](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/novella-tld.png)

- ISBNs:
  - 9798617354135 (TPB ISBN-13)
- Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
- Cover Artist: Peter Ruocchio
##### Notes:
  - Available as a trade paperback or ebook
  - Hardcover edition with reworked text and updated art in development, anticipated in AD 2025
- Compiled in [The Lesser Devil and Other Stories](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/omnibuses/page/the-lesser-devil-and-other-stories)

# Chapter Summaries (The Lesser Devil)

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<p><strong>Spoilers ahead, proceed with caution</strong></p>
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    <b><font size="5">Chapter 1: Sabine</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
         
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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    <b><font size="5">Chapter 2: The Dark Lord</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Airfield outside of Devil's Rest
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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    <b><font size="5">Chapter 3: Flight</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Airspace en route to Artemia
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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    <b><font size="5">Chapter 4: Fallen Angels</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Airspace en route to Artemia
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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    <b><font size="5">Chapter 5: The Adorators</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Shuttle Crash Site in the Valley of the Redtine Mountains
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 6: The Hidden Village</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper
      <p></p>
      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 7: The Servants of God</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church<br>Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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   <b><font size="5">Chapter 8: The Lesser Devil</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 9: The Dying God</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 10: Old Blood</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 11: The Catacombs of Saint Maximus</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Catacombs
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 12: Lord of Hosts</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 13: Then the Thunder Spoke</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 14: Blood Will Have Blood</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper<br> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 15: The Afterling</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > [House Orin](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/sollan-empire-vBP/chapter/house-orin-of-linon) Starship
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 16: The Devil and the Fury</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > [House Orin](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/sollan-empire-vBP/chapter/house-orin-of-linon) Starship
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      <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Plot Summary</p></font></b>
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  <b><font size="5">Chapter 17: A Devil's Gratitude</b>
       <p style="color: #336699;"><b><font size="3">Locations</p></font></b>
  <font size="2"> Spur of Orion > [Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/spur-of-orion/page/delos) > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper
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<b><font size="5">Dramatis Personae:</font></b>
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[House Marlowe of Delos](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/sollan-empire-vBP/chapter/house-marlowe-of-delos)

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  <b><font size="5">Lexicon: A Note on Translation
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# Queen Amid Ashes



# Publications (Queen Amid Ashes)

#### <i>Queen Amid Ashes</i>, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2022/2024)

[![Novella_QAA.png](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/scaled-1680-/novella-qaa.png)](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/novella-qaa.png)

(Left) Original Self-Published Edition, (Right) Revised Edition

- ISBNs:
  - 9798873700691 (Revised HC ISBN-13)
  - 9798836175849 (Original TPB ISBN-13)
- Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
- Cover Artist: John Barry Ballaran - [Artists Profile](https://jbballaran.com/)
##### Notes:
  - Originally only available as a trade paperback or ebook with the landscape art depiction from Shutterstock
  - Hardcover edition with revised/edited text and updated art was published in 2024, featuring wraparound art by John Barry Ballaran
- Compiled in [Queen Amid Ashes and Other Stories](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/omnibuses/page/queen-amid-ashes-and-other-stories)

# The Dregs of Empire



# Publications (The Dregs of Empire)

#### <i>The Dregs of Empire</i>, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2023)

[![Novella_Dregs.png](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/scaled-1680-/novella-dregs.png)](https://www.suneater.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/novella-dregs.png)

(Left) Original cover design, (Right) Revised cover design

- ISBNs:
  - 9798862470079 (HC ISBN-13)
- Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
- Cover Artist: John Barry Ballaran - [Artists Profile](https://jbballaran.com/)

##### Notes:
- Original cover designed featured typography used in the Diamond Editions; no physical copies featuring this art were issued. Subsequent revisions to the cover ended on the red typography seen above.  
- Compiled in [The Dregs of Empire and Other Stories](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/omnibuses/page/the-dregs-of-empire-and-other-stories)