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“Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler
Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.
“I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.”
“I live for you,” I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”
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 spends his life willingly, knowing 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 sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are 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’s 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’s 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.
Advance praise for Red Rising
“A story of vengeance, warfare and the quest for power . . . reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Fast-paced, gripping, well-written—the sort of book you cannot put down. I am already on the lookout for the next one.”—Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of The Sword of Shannara
“Very ambitious . . . a natural for Hunger Games fans of all ages.”—Booklist
“Pierce Brown’s empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision.”—Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic
“A Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills.”—Publishers Weekly
“Reminiscent of . . . Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games . . . [Red Rising] will captivate readers and leave them wanting more.”—Library Journal (starred review)
Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.
“I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.”
“I live for you,” I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”
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 spends his life willingly, knowing 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 sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are 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’s 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’s 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.
Advance praise for Red Rising
“A story of vengeance, warfare and the quest for power . . . reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Fast-paced, gripping, well-written—the sort of book you cannot put down. I am already on the lookout for the next one.”—Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of The Sword of Shannara
“Very ambitious . . . a natural for Hunger Games fans of all ages.”—Booklist
“Pierce Brown’s empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision.”—Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic
“A Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills.”—Publishers Weekly
“Reminiscent of . . . Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games . . . [Red Rising] will captivate readers and leave them wanting more.”—Library Journal (starred review)
My Opinion :
It is so refreshing to find a classic Sci-Fi this days. I really want to leak my fingers because it also a very quality one. I liked the philosophy behind- Greece culture Vs. Roman culture (especially when Darrow answer to Cicero with Plato and the fact that they fight against the Olympus - oh! how much I enjoy this moment). In the book Mr. Brown question the idea of the "week" democratic society through replacing it with a very strict hierarchic society. He really make you go through many sociology science ideas.... and... in away one of the ideas inside do remind me GATTACA... read and understand.
He also made his hero (Darrow)going through hell and back, in a way that you can't be indifferent even for one sec.
Sevro is hands down my favorite in some weird way it remind me Yossarian from "Catch-22". In my eye he really represent the main idea of the book of things that don't look as they seem (same as his father).
Mustang is also awesome, and the smartest character in this book, and I think that putting her in Minerva (actually Athena)house fit her well.
Every thing happen on Mars - in allegory to house of Mars - god of war - but the true face of him actually belong to Ares (the less sophisticated Greece image of the god of war).... and those who will go and read the book will understand my statement.
The red people (the lowest in the food chain) live very short hard life (they married, get children and die early), but as compensation to this hardship they "believe" in the greater target of pioneers who will open the new frontier for the rest of humanity and they don't knew that this is a total lie as all their aspect of life controlled by the higher hierarchy from food to knowledge. They live simply and have their songs and dance to balance their dreary lives. From them grew the rebellion movement - Ares that will do everything to get out from this slavery.... And the Gold people..... is all the way on the opposite side of the scale.....Here I must stop because I am a strict believer that people should read and have their own impression and the feel of things.
All I can say that I am looking forward to anything that Pierce Brown is going to write and I really glade that he didn't study in Hogwart...and wonder which state he spent his life has he using the metric system which I understand better.
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