Chapters 67-End. Dear listener, we have been on a journey together. From Delos to Vorgossos, from Jinan to Selene, and from Hadrian's POV to Hadrian's POV -- thank you for listening to us babble on for this entire year of Ruocchio. Despite our ...

Chapter 46-67. In this episode of "Raising Darathama," Hadrian comes face-to-face with the products of his incredible ability to be unlikeable. After sending a warning shot (a.k.a. blowing up 36 people and a full planet), Had attempts some clas...

Chapters 23-46. I SHALL BECOME A GOD (remix). Hadrian and his merry band of misfits are off to nuke some Cielcin worldships, but they get sidetracked by 3,000 gingers. We get a preview of why you don't want to fight a Watcher in hand-to-hand co...

Ch 1-22. Book seven is always better, baby. Are you ready for the ultimate lore corner? Hadrian aura farming? Space Jesus jihad? 'Tis the finale of this series, and I shudder to think about what we are going to do without it. Join us on the con...

MEGA EPISODE - Ch. 28-End. Hadrian is dead. Hadrian meets God. Will Hadrian kill God? Hadrian is Space Jesus. Calen is Kharn and also naked and also there are a thousand of him. Valka's not dead! Valka's dead. Everyone is dead. Featuring: the n...

Chapters 1-27. Get ready for some Ruocchio glazing, because we actually like this book! Is paternal Hadrian the best Hadrian? Is his Jaddian rebound actually going to be a hot angel/demon/goddess? Will the bird boiz be jealous of Hadrian's Ciel...

Chapters 25 - End! A poet prince, an alien birth, a tragic death, and the slap heard around the world -- this section has it all. Hadrian is captured, escapes, gets thrown in jail again, escapes again, and -- wait, which book is this? Also, we ...

Chapters 1-24. We're folding space like crazy to catch up to the Book 7 release date so that we can bring you our live reactions! In this section, we get some actual side character development, a very personal battle with PTSD (can ...

Chapters 36-End! I hope you like our new bit -- Sun Eater Blunt Rotation. Thank you for putting up with our banter - and as a reward, you get to listen to us break down the tragic ending of the Tamerlane, the most metal side character deaths ev...

Chapters 20-35. Choose one -- a) 100 pages of torture, or b) fantasy authors as modern rock bands. We kinda chose option B in this episode, since that seemed a whole lot more fun to talk about -- sorry to you plot-loving nerds out there! In any...

Chapters 1-19. We're back, baby! Hadrian is back, too, with a lightsaber in one hand and the multiverse in the other. We're slashing Cielcin, shmoozing emperors, and ABSOLUTELY HATING COMMUNISTS. If you think the U.S.S.R. is old news and capita...

Chapter 58 - End. How could you possibly end a book that spans 500+ years of our dear Hadrian's life? With the space version of the battle of Helm's Deep, that's how. After meeting the future (good?) Gods of the Universe, the Quiet, Hadrian goe...

Chapters 30-57. Season Three of "Reincarnated as the Last Hope of Humanity, but Honestly I Just Wanted to Finish My Book," the anime returns with Hadrian expanding his harem once again. It's not cheating if you put your girlfriend on ice, right...

Chapters 1-29. It's 300 years in the future, and everyone is HOT. Hadrian is a Knight of the Round Table now, and his Emperor gives him an impossible quest -- babysit his son. And rescue a missing ship, and go fight more Cielcin, and save the g...

In which: the kind of mice of Redwall fight a Portuguese searat, and Travis fights a 4.5 hour jam set from Goose at MSG. Goose review starts at 1:05:05.Connect with us on reddit @BookTwoisBetter and via snail mail at BookTwoI...

Chapters 50 - End. Hobo arc > prison arc > Christ arc (?). Join us for the EXPLOSIVE finale to book 2 of Suneater, in which we learn that men are bad but tigers are worse. Reach us on Reddit @BookTwoIsBetter or via email at booktwoisbette...

Chapters 24-49. Straight to space jail! That's the fate that awaits our fearless protagonist, Hadrian, as he manages to find his way into captivity at every point of his exploration of Vorgossos. This section is jam-packed with wild world-build...

We made it to Book Two! We're covering Chapters 1-23 of Howling Dark, Book Two of the Sun Eater series. Time skip, baby! Hadrian and his harem are off on a space journey to find the fabled planet of Vorgossos. This section is full of new misadv...

Chapters 61 to the end of Empire of Silence, Book One of the Sun Eater Series. Plus -- a bonus review of Season Three of Wheel of Time (RIP). In this thrill-a-minute section, Hadrian slays the Hunchback of Notre Dame (justice for Gill), refuses...

Chapters 32-60 of Empire of Silence, Book One of the Sun Eater series. If you love pocket sand, a motley crew of misfit gladiators, and mysterious alien ruins, this is absolutely the book for you. Follow along as we try to figure out how old Ha...

Chapters 1-31 of Empire of Silence, Book One of the Sun Eater series. What happens when you combine teenage angst with a space opera? You get Hadrian, our protagonist and philosophizing teenager, rebelling against his family and the Chantry. Jo...

Sanderlanche? No. Gwynnestorm? Yes. Covering Chapter 70 through the end of Valor by John Gwynne. This ending has everything: slime domes, crow storms, cauldron time, and Nathair wondering if he might be the bad guy after all. 

Chapters 32-69! We're back after an inexcusable hiatus. We meet Eremon, the creepiest king in the banished lands, Corban and Cywen get to flirting, and Maquin opens up the f*cking (fighting) pit. Find us on Twitter/Reddit: @BookTwo...

Chapters 1-31 of Valor. Band on the run! Corban & Co. flee from a band of very persistent soldiers, Cywen racks up a handful of attempted murder charges and Maquin gets the call up to the Main Character Big Leagues. Interact with us on Redd...

The first episode of our "One From the Vault" series where we try to explain a forgotten fantasy novel to our ever-patient listeners. We're covering The Ice Schooner by Michael Moorcock (1969), a fantastical retelling of Moby Dick set in an ice...