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Simply Awesome
In a similar style to The Hunger Games this is a story of an underdog reclaiming the right to choose his own destiny and hopefully free his people at ... READ MORE
A New Star Is Cut!
Believe the hype!
Darrow has big Red hands and destroys things in the mines of Mars, a man at 13 when he started down the mines he is now a Hell diver, one... READ MORE
Red Rising
In a similar style to The Hunger Games this is a story of an underdog reclaiming the right to choose his own destiny and hopefully free his people at the s... READ MORE
Hunger Games meets Red Faction.
Long before I knew of this book Pierce Brown followed me on Twitter, and when I saw the proof of Red Rising with his name emblazoned under the title, a con... READ MORE
The start of a fantastic new series!
I picked up a proof of this book on a whim while looking for something new to read, and it’s turned out to be my absolute favourite book so far this year. ... READ MORE
The Hunger Games meets Game of Thrones
I read this book in proof a few months before its release and I haven't been able to stop recommending it since!
Set on Mars in a dystopian future, Darr... READ MORE
Amazing!
Put quite simply - Red Rising is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Perhaps it's because I wasn't expecting it - picking it up almost at rando... READ MORE
Battle Royale in Hogwarts
Darrow is a miner, living and working below the surface of Mars, where he and his kin are part of the Red worker caste. The Reds live a hard life of toil, ... READ MORE
Pure, gripping, escapist fantasy
Pierce Brown was recommended to me by several of my colleagues, who raved about his writing and his plot twists and his charming social media presence. Who... READ MORE
Blood soaked and brilliant!
A smashing (and very adult) blend of Percy Jackson and Game of Thrones, spattered with furious bloodshed, engaging political intrigue and a driven lead cha... READ MORE
A slow start but it flies in the latter half.
It takes a while for this one to get going - while I appreciate the world-building aspect of the mines and Darrow's time with the Sons of Ares in the city,... READ MORE
A scifi saga dripping in dystopian politics!
Red Rising is the first instalment in a sprawling, cinematic scifi/dystopian saga, undeniably epic in scope. It’s compulsive reading and to put it frankly ... READ MORE
Hail Reaper!
If you love sci-fi books and books about underdogs, this one is for you. Straight off the bat this book is action packed and also heartbreaking, but Darrow... READ MORE
Synopsis
The first book in the incredible New York Times bestselling series.
The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it.
The Reds are humanity's last hope. Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it's all al lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds.
A class of people who look down on Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought. Until the day that Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside. But the command school is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only student with an agenda.
Break the chains. Live for more.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781444758993
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 192 x 128 x 30 mm
- Weight: 280g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
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This is such an intriguing book, I love the politics and the hierarchies! Whoever said this is like the Hunger Games lied though, this is so much darker.
Loved it
Just wow! Finished in 2 days. Super excellent dystopian future in space! Just the right amount of scifi.
Great book but horrible setup
Lots of good reviews here and all over the net, but few mention the really terrible first ~25% of the book. The setup for Darrow's character is completely ... READ MORE
The Wrong Revolution
Apparently I'm the only person who wished this book had stayed exactly where it started. I thought the opening section of Red Rising was genuinely brillian... READ MORE
Deserves to be on the big screen
This brilliant book was cinematic in scope, yet it didn’t forget to get me emotionally invested. The high-octane action was full of surprises, and the inte... READ MORE
The Rise of Red Rising
Verdict:
An action-packed introduction to the explosive world of Red Rising.
What worked for me:
The writing is clear and easy to follow, making i... READ MORE
Amazing start to the series
Although marketed as a YA novel I enjoyed this immensely. This book kickstarts a series of 5 with the 6th one in the works. The books just get better and b... READ MORE
wow, what a book - this is how to start a series
umph!!! now here is a book; sad, beautiful, brutal, funny...all the feels. why did it take so long for me to find this series; the silver lining though is ... READ MORE
Brilliant!
This book was incredible! I had so many emotions whilst reading and could not consume it fast enough. I love science fiction and Brown's writing is perfect... READ MORE
Amazing start to the series!!
Picked up this book as I had read some really awesome reviews for this and I was not disappointed!.
An unprecedentable masterpiece
I wasn't expecting to enjoy Red Rising by Pierce Brown as much as I did. I tend to struggle with dystopian/science fiction novels. But, boy, this had me ho... READ MORE
Read this in one sitting
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
A scifi saga dripping in dystopian politics.
Red Rising is the first instalment in a sprawling, cinematic scifi/dystopian saga, undeniably epic in scope. It’s compulsive reading and to put it frankly ... READ MORE
A book I just could not put down!
I got this book on a whim, seeing it on social media. Boy, am I glad I gave it a go. The story has completely captivated me. Yes it can be a little predict... READ MORE