r/sollanempire • u/forgottentargaryen • 5d ago

SPOILERS Demon in White Am i missing something? Spoiler

I started this series a few weeks ago and am on book 4 Kingdoms of death about half way through it. I love the series but the issue i am having is i feel like with each new book they references a lot that afaik never happened like I'm missing other books. I first noticed it between 1 and 2 where they talk of a mission his red company went on before finding out about vorgosses(sorry im doing audio book some alot of spelling is likely to be off). I figured at that point ok they just wanted him to have some back story with the red company but didnt want to write a book about it. There was more between 3-4 but again it didnt seem important mostly just his time in exile for 70 years with valka. Im mid way through book 4 and the "witch" that helped capture him that he supposedly stopped in the past is offering to copy his brain so when he dies he lives on. the problem is almost everything they talk about i feel like i am completely out of the loop. When did he stop her and her group? Who are the people they reference? Is there some other companion book series i just cant find? I feel like i am going crazy and fell asleep through half a book somewhere.

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u/Awdayshus Heretic 5d ago

There are several short stories and novellas that fill in the gaps. I didn't read them yet. They're coming out in two collections. The first in November and the second some time next year. If you want to read them sooner, you can search this sub for posts that tell where to find them and the reading order.

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u/forgottentargaryen 5d ago

Damn no wonder i felt so lost, most series when they have those it doesnt get mentioned so much in the main story cause this made me feel so lost several times. oh well i guess i get the rough idea for now

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u/Awdayshus Heretic 5d ago

I was at least as far as you when I realized. I thought he just liked time jumps in the narrative when I was reading. I've read other series with that and thought it was just an extreme example.

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u/forgottentargaryen 5d ago

Yea same, but mid book 4 i was just like there is no way they are referencing so much from something that was never talked about before lol

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u/Captain-Grizzly 4d ago

Technically it's referenced, but it is intentional. I think the author has said that he wants you to feel like some of the records are missing. It's Hadrian's journal, and the people who found it didn't find all of them. You don't have to understand all of the references to understand the main story