Red Rising

#1 Red Rising Trilogy

Pierce Brown

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Hodder & Stoughton
13 January 2015

Science fiction; Future Society; Post Holocaust Sci-Fi; Society

Series: Red Rising

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.

By: Pierce Brown
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN: 9781444758993
ISBN 10: 1444758993
Series: Red Rising
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 13 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Though Pierce Brown was born in Denver, Colorado, his origins are a little more diverse, having called seven states home (Colorado, North Carolina, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Washington, and California). Now twenty-four, he splits his time between Seattle and Los Angeles. Before becoming a full-time writer, Brown spent time working as an executive aide on a U.S. Senate Campaign, a script runner at ABC, a freelance web producer, and eventually an NBC Page. His degree from Pepperdine University is in Economics and Political Science. You can find him on Twitter @Pierce_Brown and Facebook, or visit his blog: www.pierce-brown.com

Reviews for Red Rising (#1 Red Rising Trilogy)

Pierce offers a Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills. - Publishers Weekly RED RISING is what The Hunger Games should have been. - Fiction Vortex It has hints of Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but it is its own animal. And it is not YA. The writing is excellent and the story is better. This is one terrific fantasy book, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone. - Terry Brooks RED RISING is compulsively readable and exceedingly entertaining... a must for both fans of classic sci-fi and fervent followers of new school dystopian epics. - Fantasy Review Barn Like mankind has in the past, Pierce Brown reaches for the stars... - Tor.com The heart-stopping excitement of the Hunger Games meets the pulse-pounding majesty and complexity of Game of Thrones, all wrapped up in the visionary beauty and melancholy of Blade Runner... A shot of adrenalin for your imagination. - Star Magazine