Red Rising
About
Pierce Brown’s heart-pounding and high-octane debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars.
‘Pierce Brown’s empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision … Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow’ - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic
‘[A] top-notch debut novel … Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field’ - USA Today
Darrow is a Helldiver. A pioneer of Mars.
Born to slave beneath the earth so that one day, future generations might live above it.
He is a Red - humankind’s lowest caste. But he has something the Golds - the ruthless ruling class - will never understand.
He has a wife he worships, a family who give him strength. He has love.
And when they take that from him, all that remains is revenge …
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, BUZZFEED, GOODREADS AND SHELF AWARENESS
Unchaptered
p. 87
Power isn’t real. It’s just a word.
p. 114
Of course there are machines to do these things, but an Aureate would never use a machine for something a person could do. There is no power in that.
p. 170
No man can pursue any endeavor in the face of tribal warfare.
p. 223
What we must study is humanity. In order to rule, ours must be the study of political, psychological, and behavioral science—how desperate human beings react to one another, how packs form, how armies function, how things fall apart and why.