NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u2022 Pierce Brown\u2019s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender\u2019s Game by Orson Scott Card. \u201cRed Rising ascends above a crowded dys\u00adtopian field.\u201d\u2014USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u2014Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness \u201cI live for the dream that my children will be born free,\u201d she says. \u201cThat they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.\u201d \u201cI live for you,\u201d I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. \u201cThen you must live for more.\u201d Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow\u2014and Reds like him\u2014are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. 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\u2019s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society\u2019s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. Praise for Red Rising \u201c[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown\u2019s dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender\u2019s Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.\u201d\u2014Entertainment Weekly \u201cEnder, Katniss, and now Darrow.\u201d\u2014Scott Sigler \u201cRed Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.\u201d\u2014Richmond Times-Dispatch Don\u2019t miss any of Pierce Brown\u2019s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING \u2022 GOLDEN SON \u2022 MORNING STAR \u2022 IRON GOLD \u2022 DARK AGE \u2022 LIGHT BRINGER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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