Red Rising Fan Fiction: The Conquering

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.