And, at home, a young Red girl who's lost everything to the Rising questions whether freedom was just another Gold lie. In his hidden fortress in the oceans of Venus, the Ash Lord lies in wait, plotting to crush the newborn democracy. At the edge of the solar system, the grandson of the emperor he murdered dreams of revenge. He ended centuries of Gold rule, broke the chains of an empire, and now he's the hero of a brave new republic.

To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied-and too glorious to surrender. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Finally, the time has come.īut devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. It's a journey that will take him further than he's ever been before - but is Darrow truly willing to pay the price that rebellion demands? A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at its heart, Golden Son guarantees Pierce Brown's continuing status as one of fiction's most exciting new voices.ĭarrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. Now fully embedded amongst the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his dangerous work to bring them down from within. In RED RISING, Darrow infiltrated Gold society, to fight in secret for a better future for his people. Until Darrow discovered that it was all a lie, and that the Red were nothing more than unwitting slaves to an elitist ruling class, the Golds, who had been living on Mars in luxury for generations. They were, they believed, mankind's last hope. For years he and his fellow Reds worked the mines, toiling to make the surface of Mars inhabitable. And when they take that from him, all that remains is revenge. He has a wife he worships, a family who give him strength. But he has something the Golds - the ruthless ruling class - will never understand.

Born to slave beneath the earth so that one day, future generations might live above it.

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