Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. Darrow-and Reds like him-are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. "Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. That they will own the land their father gave them."Įo kisses my cheek. "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR- Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness " Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field." -USA Today When Eo leads him to a mildly rebellious act, she's caught and executed, and Darrow decides to exact vengeance on the perpetrators of this outrage.īook Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
He's a member of the Reds, an "inferior" class, though he's happily married to Eo, an incipient rebel who wants to overthrow the existing social order, especially the Golds, who treat the lower-ranking orders cruelly.
About the Book Darrow, the narrator, works in the mines on Mars, a life of drudgery and subservience.
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