Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)
Pierce Brown
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 114 ratings · 401 pages · Published: 28 Jan 2014
"I live for you," I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."
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 spends his life willingly, knowing 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 already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a longing for justice, and 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. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. 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.
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- futuristic 9
- survival 8
- found family 7
- vengeance 7
- war 6
- military 6
- political/court intrigue 6
- dystopian 5
- fantasy 4
- young adult 4
- suspense 4
- slavery 4
- science fiction 4
- m-f romance 3
- alpha male 3
- teenage mmc 3
- tortured hero 2
- working class hero 2
- new adult 1
- high fantasy 1
- mystery 1
- enemies to lovers 1
- high school 1
- slow burn 1
- class difference 1
- angst 1
- monsters 1
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- death / grief 7
- abuse 7
- rape 6
- graphic violence 2
- animal abuse 2
- animal death 2
- mental trauma 2
- misogyny 2
- torture of side characters 2
- third party abuse 2
- child death 2
- third party sexual assault 2
- torture of mcs 1
- Format
- audiobook
- male pov 7
- first person pov 5
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The 'Red Rising Saga' series
4.47 · 436 ratings
science fiction · audiobook · found-family · futuristic · male-pov · death · dystopian · vengeance · survival · war · military · first-person-pov · post-apocalyptic · contemporary · political-intrigue · m-f · betrayal · commander · slavery · tortured hero
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