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Red Rising

Pierce Brown

Red Rising Saga, Book 1

About Red Rising

For Game of Thrones readers who want the political maneuvering and no-safe-characters tension in a science fiction setting. Brown writes with GRRM's instinct for consequence — decisions have costs, alliances fracture, and characters you love are genuinely at risk. The caste system provides the political structure; the revolution provides the urgency; and Darrow's willingness to do terrible things for defensible reasons provides the moral complexity.

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