But now they need Darrow, and Darrow needs the people he loves-Virginia, Cassius, Sevro-in order to defend the Republic. Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold, and will raze the worlds to realize his ambitions. Marooned far from home after a devastating defeat on the battlefields of Mercury, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars from its bloodthirsty would-be conqueror Lysander. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.īut the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. as this interstellar civil war comes to a most satisfying conclusion.Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. Brown's vivid, first-person prose puts the reader right at the forefront of impassioned speeches, broken families, and engaging battle scenes. It absolutely satisfies.'-Tordotcom 'Excellent. The impactful battles that make up most of Morning Star are damn near operatic. Everything is on fire all the time.'-NPR 'Morning Star is this trilogy's Return of the Jedi. The battle scenes are kinetic, bloody, breathless, crazy. Praise for Morning Star 'There is no one writing today who does shameless, Michael Bay-style action set pieces the way Brown does. 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.

But 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. WARD FINALIST * ' achievement is in creating an uncomfortably familiar world of flaw, fear, and promise.'-Entertainment Weekly Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Morning Star (Trade Paperback / Paperback)

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