The Number One New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising
universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. He broke the chains Then broke the world.... A
decade ago Darrow led a revolution and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he's an
outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded with half his fleet destroyed he wages a
rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered outgunned but not out thought. Is he still the hero who
broke the chains? Or will he become the agent of the world's destruction? Is it time for
another legend to take his place? Lysander au Lune the displaced heir to the old empire has
returned to the Core. First he must survive Gold backstabbing then Darrow. Will he bring peace
to mankind at the edge of his sword? And on Luna Mustang the embattled sovereign of the
Republic must save both democracy and her exiled husband millions of kilometres away. The only
thing certain in the Solar System is treachery. And that the Rising is entering a new Dark Age.
PRAISE FOR THE RED RISING SERIES: '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 '[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