New York Times Bestseller 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 ascends above a crowded dys­topian field. Usa Today One Of The Best Books Of The Year Entertainment Weekly, Buzz Feed, Shelf Awareness I live for the dream that my children will be born free, she says. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them. I live for you, I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. Then you must live for more. Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow and Reds like him are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.