Piercebrown Stories

Just for fun! ~ Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown ~ An Ember in The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ~ Monsters Of Verity by Veronica Schwab

Originally marketed as a trilogy, Red Rising has turned into a six book saga by Pierce Brown, with a potential seventh yet to be released. Red Rising is the first book in this dystopian science fiction set on the planet Mars. It consists of 382 pages over 44 chapters. SPOILERS WILL FOLLOW. Following this preface I will track my reactions to the story and thoughts on the writing. I am not a professional author, editor, or reviewer. I have read this book before earlier this year, but plan to continue reading the series, so I decided to reread book 1 to remind myself what happens. I remember being intrigued by the cover and description, even though I am not usually one for science fiction novels. It took me a while to get into the story initially but once I was in, I was all in.

Hundreds of years before Darrow's great uprisal, humans inhabited Earth in a colorless society. Then, the Golds descended from Luna in the greatest event of recent history, the Conquering, which led to the rise of the Society. But the Conquering didn't happen by chance. It was the result of a brilliant conspiracy, forged by several individuals under extraordinary circumstances. The events that led to the conquering are complex intertwining the politics of ancient Earth, the scientific breakthroughs that led humanity to the stars, and the story of two men, Silenius and Akari, whose fates collided in an Iron Rain.