Light Bringer

Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series—a sprawling space opera that combines elements of dystopian fiction, political intrigue, and mythological allegory—follows Darrow, a lowborn Red miner on Mars who infiltrates the ruling Gold caste to dismantle a brutal Color-based hierarchy. After the execution of his wife, Eo, Darrow joins a rebel group called the Sons of Ares, undergoes a painful transformation into a Gold, and rises through a brutal military academy in Red Rising (2014) and Golden Son (2015). By Morning Star (2016), he has helped topple the Society and established the Solar Republic alongside Virginia au Augustus—his former enemy who is now his ally and partner.

However, the rebellion breeds new instability. In Iron Gold (2018) and Dark Age (2019), the Republic splinters as Darrow wages unauthorized war, Virginia governs a crumbling system, and former heir Lysander au Lune returns to power in the Core. The once-loyal warrior Cassius au Bellona reemerges, attempting to mentor Lysander, who ultimately betrays him. Other characters—including Sevro, Darrow’s longtime friend and a Son of Ares; Volga, a genetically engineered Obsidian; and

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