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. "Red
Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field."-USA Today NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BUZZFEED AND SHELF AWARENESS "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 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-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. Praise for Red Rising "[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride
. . . Pierce Brown's dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games Lord of the Flies
and Ender's Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric."-Entertainment
Weekly "Ender Katniss and now Darrow."-Scott Sigler "Red Rising is a sophisticated vision.
. . . Brown will find a devoted audience."-Richmond Times-Dispatch Don't miss any of Pierce
Brown's Red Rising Saga: RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE
