Category:
Teen & Young Adult
Regular worth:
$5.99
Deal worth:
$1.99
Deal begins:
October 23, 2022
Deal ends:
October 23, 2022
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the thrill 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
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, 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 bottom caste within the color-coded society of the long run. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his persons are making the floor of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will at some point end in a greater world for his youngsters.
But Darrow and his sort have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the floor generations in the past. Vast cities and plush wilds unfold throughout the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing greater than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a eager for justice, and pushed by the reminiscence of misplaced love, Darrow sacrifices all the pieces to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving floor for the dominant Gold caste, the place the following technology of humanity’s overlords wrestle for energy. He can be compelled to compete for his life and the very way forward for civilization towards the perfect and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he’ll cease at nothing to convey down his enemies . . . even when it means he has to turn into one among them to take action.
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 • LIGHT BRINGER
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