Dark Age

"In the first trilogy in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising universe, there was an epic, planet-hopping war started by slaves rebelling against their masters – the living gods known as the Golds. Last year’s Iron Gold kicked off a second trilogy and explored the aftermath of that war through characters on the periphery as well as continued the story of Darrow – the former slave who became a hero to the revolution. With Dark Age, Brown begins to weave his threads together in violent and surprising ways that avoid feeling contrived. The collisions make sense. The losses are fitting. The gains are earned. If the goal of a penultimate book in a series is to break down characters (and the reader) and put everyone through the emotional wringer, mission accomplished."