Red Rising Saga - Review
Link to the author's (P. Brown) personal website
Book 1: Red Rising
Book 2: Golden Son
Book 3: Morning Star
Blurb: (From Book 1)"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."
"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.
Review: Not too bad at all. This is a solid sci-fi trilogy. I really enjoyed the heirarchical society set-up, and watching Darrow go through shit after shit never got tiring. The series does a great job of balancing a very large scope within a small enough cast, allowing you to get a nice space opera experience without the usual long books. Great cast of side-characters too. Looking at this series online can be a bit confusing, as in reality there's two distinct trilogies as opposed to one long series.