Tales of war and honor and betrayal and regret grafted (somehow, nearly impossibly) onto an almost childishly simple frame of space Romans waging pew-pew laser gun fights over who gets to be Grand Poobah of the solar system or whatever.Īnd look, if you're not a fan - if you're coming cold to this strange place - then I can't even begin to explain to you the epic that Brown has already crafted. If you're already a fan of Brown's books (and you should be), you're already accustomed to the complex, layered, incredibly human-scale stories he's been telling for the past few years. Just one final epic battle, right? Then victory, sweet and eternal. Venus is all that remains now - stronghold of the Ash Lord, last vestige of the old order. go with it) have been won at the cost of a million lives. Mars and Earth and Luna have been freed from the imperial control of the Gold ruling caste.

In Pierce Brown's Red Rising universe, the rebellion begun by slaves three books ago, then carried into the stars by slaves become heroes, become gods, become myths, has nearly been won. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Iron Gold Author Pierce Brown

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