NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BUZZFEED GOODREADS & SHELF AWARENESSPierce Brown's heart-pounding debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars ' Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision Ender Katniss & now Darrow'
- Scott Sigler New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic'A top-notch debut novel Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field'
- USA Today Darrow is a Helldiver A pioneer of Mars Born to slave beneath the earth so that one day future generations might live above it He is a Red
- humankind's lowest caste But he has something the Golds
- the ruthless ruling class
- will never understand He has a wife he worships a family who give him strength He has love And when they take that from him all that remains is revenge