PRAISE FOR THE RED RISING SERIES: 'Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision. And that the Rising is entering a new Dark Age. The only thing certain in the Solar System is treachery. Will he bring peace to mankind at the edge of his sword? And on Luna, Mustang, the embattled sovereign of the Republic, must save both democracy and her exiled husband millions of kilometres away. First he must survive Gold backstabbing, then Darrow. Is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the agent of the world's destruction? Is it time for another legend to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to the Core. Outnumbered, outgunned but not out thought. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. He broke the chains Then broke the world. SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***The explosive fifth novel in the Red Rising Series*** The Number One New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING Fear dims the hopes of the Rising, and as power is seized, lost, and reclaimed, the worlds spin on and on toward a new Dark Age. Far across the void, Lyria, a Red refugee accused of treason, makes a desperate bid for freedom with the help of two unlikely new allies. Abducted by enemy agents, Pax au Augustus must trust in a Gray thief, Ephraim, for his salvation. But one may cost her the other, and her son is not yet returned. On Luna, the embattled Sovereign of the Republic, Virginia au Augustus, fights to preserve her precious demokracy and her exiled husband. If united, their combined might may prove fatal to the fledgling Republic. Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to bridge the divide between the Golds of the Rim and Core. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy? In his darkening shadow, a new hero rises.

His pacing is 100% him standing over it all with a lit match and a smile, waiting for us to dare him to drop it.”-NPR (Best Books of the Year) He broke the chains. “Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline.

The bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.

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