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The first novel of Pierce Brown’s iconic, New York Times bestselling Red Rising Saga, now in a stunning deluxe hardcover edition, featuring: • Illustrated slipcase with foil • Designed sprayed edges • New cover and full wrap-around book case art • Fold-out poster • Full-color illustrated endpapers with a new map Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. “Meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly “Top-notch.”—USA Today “[Pierce] Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline.”—NPR Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER
Is Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 17 and up.
Expect strong violence, brutal combat scenes in gladiatorial-style competitions, deaths of named characters, strong language throughout, and dark themes of oppression and class warfare. Brief romance subplot but not explicit.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, mild sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include slavery, graphic violence, death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teen readers will be gripped by Darrow's transformation from oppressed miner to revolutionary infiltrator in a brutal competition for power.