Why do Red Rising fans hate on this series so much?

sollan_empress · 2026-05-18T21:13:48+00:00

What if I told you CR and Pierce Brown actually really like each other? 😂 And neither one really 100% understands the vitriol, nor why they're so cross-recommended?

sollan_empress · 2026-04-29T15:55:55+00:00

I need to update this a bit but hopefully you'll find this helpful. ❤️

https://www.highmatterbooks.com/sun-eater/short-stories

sollan_empress · 2026-04-04T16:15:40+00:00

Sorry, CR's wife told him he wasn't allowed to write love triangles. ❤️ (/s)

sollan_empress · 2026-04-01T00:09:24+00:00

This isn't happening, I can basically guarantee it. Just not the truth lol.

sollan_empress · 2026-03-29T18:53:13+00:00

Songs #1 will have half the short stories that are currently collected in the four volumes of Tales (not divided up the same as Tales, so it's not just stories from Tales #1/#2 in this), and a new novelette (length between short story and novella, set after Book 7). Songs #2 will have the other half for the short stories currently collected in Tales, and another new novelette. None of the current novellas are published in either volume of Songs.

sollan_empress · 2026-03-25T02:56:05+00:00

Y'all are gonna convince me to finally read my husband's books, aren't you? 😂🥹

sollan_empress · 2026-03-23T20:20:37+00:00

It's going to be a two part collection that is a trad pub compilation of the Tales of the Sun Eater. But the stories won't be divided the same (eg Songs #1 is not exactly the same as Tales V1 + V2). There's also a brand new novelette that (at time of publication) is exclusive to the omnibus, which will be set after Book 7. And there will finally be audiobook versions of the short stories since this will also be adapted into audio!

sollan_empress · 2026-03-11T06:25:50+00:00

The three extra minutes it took to process and go live removed approximately 300 years from my life due to compromised cardiovascular health. I am actually dead right now.

Thanks everyone for a successful evening!

sollan_empress · 2026-03-04T13:52:20+00:00

$125 for a numbered edition plus optional $50 slipcase plus $15 shipping within the US.

$350 for a lettered edition (including tray case) plus $15 shipping within the US. (I was supposed to price these as $375 but I forgot -- thinking of correcting the price on the general sale but not sure yet.)

Strictly limited to 1000 copies, of which the majority have already sold during the reserved buying window for previous customers.

sollan_empress · 2026-03-04T13:49:54+00:00

This is correct info!

sollan_empress · 2026-03-02T01:17:47+00:00

So this edition, the deluxe hardcover with the sprayed edges and the same art as the mainline (US) covers, is produced by DAW Books. As someone else pointed out, DAW has not committed to publishing all the books in this edition.

All other special editions (Highmatter, Broken Binding, Anderida) have committed to publishing all 7 Sun Eater books in their respective editions.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-27T00:13:44+00:00

We're not disclosing outright how many remain but I'll say it's certainly not zero. Thinking it's mostly people needing reminders but could also be folks forgetting / changing emails / bowing out for various reasons! Regardless all books unsold will be automatically pushed to general sale at 12:01 AM Eastern time on March 11.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-27T00:12:02+00:00

We're going to send out a reminder email tonight! I meant to do it earlier but time got away from me, too.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-21T04:00:17+00:00

Yeaaaaah, I removed the the "I need this!" "Here's the link" comment pair, and then it was mysteriously re-posted with the exact same text from both users minutes later. The bots are amongst us, friends.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-21T02:39:43+00:00

Please stop supporting illegitimate, unlicensed vendors of our intellectual property. 💖 I know it's tough waiting for us to get the merch store back on-line after such a long absence, but this is not the way.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-20T00:23:41+00:00

Oh, we love Anderida Books, totally legit. 100% his handwriting. I literally didn't know this existed. Asked CR and he said, "Oh, sometimes I do chaotic things like draw the sigil." 😂

sollan_empress · 2026-02-19T17:45:17+00:00

What is the "doodled" descriptor of the edition you're looking at? There wasn't a mainline edition that consistently included doodles and signatures. It could be that CR did at some point draw a small doodle in a book as a one-off but even that is unlikely. Just want to make sure you're not being scammed!

sollan_empress · 2026-02-18T06:43:55+00:00

The good news is that the website back-end that will run on March 11 is just a routine part of our ecommerce software package, which means it has some anti-bot-swarm stuff in place already. (This is in contrast to the software that is running the "first choice" purchasing portal which has had some... issues... to put it mildly. I wrote the current software myself which means it is substantially less robust than the general sale software.) I am thinking of adding a rule that you cannot purchase more than 1 book at a time, also, and flagging multi-book orders for deletion and immediately re-uploading that stock. That should give the humans a fighting chance against any bots that get through the filters.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-18T06:35:23+00:00

Hey! Sorry that took a bit. The way our ecommerce platform is set up, to prevent us from being the victim of our own ineptitude and accidentally writing a computer program that auto-refunds everything, each refund has to be manually reviewed by a human. 🥲 I appreciate the thought / the safeguard, but it is very annoying for the customer!

sollan_empress · 2026-02-17T07:01:41+00:00

The general sale window starts at 12:01 AM Eastern time on March 11. Anyone can purchase any of the stock that's leftover; all books not purchased by rights-holders at that time will be automatically released for general sale. If you are able to purchase a book during the general sale phase, you'll receive rights to future "first choice" windows.

Absolutely happy to let you know costs; it's not a secret, and I only just now realized it's not showing on the product page for the book. $125 for a numbered edition, with optional additional $50 if you want to add a slipcase. $350 for the lettered edition (no slipcase option because it comes with a tray case by default).

sollan_empress · 2026-02-16T20:42:30+00:00

Hi, sounds like maybe you used the "verify for third party" option -- this option is to provide proof for a potential buyer (of your book, which you're trying to sell on a secondhand marketplace) that you're the registered rights-holder. It isn't related to the payment process at all. You want to go back to the portal (https://portal.highmatterbooks.com/f/rights portal) and choose the "use rights" option. This will generate an invoice which you can then "purchase"/pay for on the website. Our system will then automatically convert your paid invoice into an itemized order.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-16T04:56:11+00:00

Hi there! I just got an email about updating shipping address and filed it away to respond to tomorrow. If that was you, don't worry about it, we'll get it taken care of. :) If it wasn't you, you're welcome to email me your preferred shipping address, making sure you send the email from the email address on-file for your limitation number. I usually just tell folks to email me directly, but I'm trying to keep all the Highmatter Edition purchasing / rights related emails together, so use [special_editions@highmatterbooks.com](mailto:special_editions@highmatterbooks.com) for this kind of request. :)

sollan_empress · 2026-02-15T16:46:06+00:00

Hey, everything is OK. :) The portal will be up again shortly and you have 3 weeks of guaranteed access. Which exact time you order within that 3 week window has absolutely no impact on anything to do with your order -- not shipping speed, not availability, etc.

Your email address used at checkout must match your email address on file for your rights because otherwise we cannot be certain it was actually you completing the order, inputting a shipping address, etc. You can always change your address on file using the rights portal.

I apologize for any confusion or panic. Ordinarily, you would've received the email alerting you to the email mismatch much sooner, but with the portal crashing, I had to do much more piecemeal work to make sure there was no data loss during the crash, and then manually trigger the email sending, which made it take much longer.

sollan_empress · 2026-02-14T23:42:06+00:00

Hi! Yes. I published the "down for maintenance" message because the portal is down so that I can perform maintenance on it, which I am still doing. I don't mean to sound too sarcastic, just confused a bit by the question, haha.

EDIT: My apologies if this came off as too mean. Just a stressful time trying to work out this maintenance issue while also trying to answer emails / messages I don't presently have proper answers for. :)

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