NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With shades of The Hunger Games,Ender’s Gameand Game of Thronesdebut author Pierce Brown’s genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrowa rebel forged by tragedybattling to lead his oppressed people to freedom. As a RedDarrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Marsenduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist mastersthe Golds–and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eohis true love and inspirationlaid down her own life. He becomes a Goldinfiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within. A lamb among wolves in a cruel worldDarrow finds friendshiprespectand even love–but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destinyDarrow must confront the treachery arrayed against himovercome his all-too-human desire for retribution–and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceitDarrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people. He must live for more. Praise for Golden Son \
