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.