Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Feb 2014 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

Honestly was a little weary to get into this series when I first began it, as a friend had referred this book to me. I read it initially and it wasn't able to hold my attention. So months later I saw the audio book on sale and decided to give it another go. Once I got through the first couple chapters....I was hooked. Darrow's journey, mission, and tenacity enthralled me. I found myself wanting to continue listening more and more. Not wanting to stop. Going to start the next book after pay day!

I stayed up until 2 in the morning reading this book. I consumed it like a starving man given a meal. Maybe the best book I've ever read. beautiful, haunting, emotional, moving.

the longer this book went on, the more I found myself siding with the golds, short sighted left wing bias was highlighted at the end when those remaining had no realistic plan for the future. I liked the book but hated it at the same time, if the protagonist was not so far left it would have been a cracker of a series.

About the author

Pierce Brown worked as a manager of social media at a startup tech company, on the Disney lot at ABC Studios, as an NBC page, and as an aide on a U.S. Senate campaign. He is the author of the Red Rising Trilogy. Morning Star, Book 3 of the Red Rising Trilogy, made the New York Times ebook bestseller list in 2016.