Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the surface of the planet is enough to justify their sacrifice. The Earth is dying, and Darrow and his people are the only hope humanity has left. Until the day Darrow learns that it is all a lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought. Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their society.
CONTRIBUTORS: Pierce Brown
EAN: 9781444759075
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 381 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hodder & Stoughton
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GENRE: FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
WIDTH: 128 cm
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Thriller / suspense fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Science fiction
Pierce offers a Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills, Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card., RED RISING is what The Hunger Games should have been., Incredible Sci-Fi Cross Between 'Hunger Games' And 'Enders Game' Pulls It Off, It has hints of Harry Potter and Hunger Games, but it is its own animal. And it is not YA. The writing is excellent and the story is better. This is one terrific fantasy book, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
Pierce Brown is the author of Red Rising, the first installment in a science fiction trilogy. Though Brown was born in Denver, Colorado, his origins are a little more diverse, having called seven states home (Colorado, North Carolina, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Washington, and California). Now twenty-four, he splits his time between Seattle and Los Angeles. Before becoming a full-time writer, Brown spent time working as an executive aide on a U.S. Senate Campaign, a script runner at ABC, a freelance web producer, and eventually an NBC Page. His degree from Pepperdine University is in Economics and Political Science.You can find him on Twitter @PierceBrown and Facebook, or visit his blog: www.pierce-brown.com
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