Red Rising: Celebrating its 10th anniversary, an explosive dystopian sci-fi novel (#1 New York Times bestselling Red Rising series book 1)

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I am the Reaper and death is my shadow.

Celebrating 10 years of Red Rising! This Hodderscape Vault Edition features a re-designed cover, beautiful foil design under the jacket, and brand new bonus content by Pierce Brown.


THE FIRST BOOK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES

Darrow is a Helldiver. A pioneer of Mars.

Born to slave beneath the earth so that one day, future generations might live above it.

He is a Red - humankind's lowest caste. But he has something the Golds - the ruthless ruling class - will never understand.

He has a wife he worships, a family who give him strength. He has love.

And when they take that from him, all that remains is revenge . . .

Pierce Brown's heart-pounding debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars.

READERS LOVE RED RISING

'A ridiculously good book with complex world-building, riveting characters, and a crazy sci-fi space school. What more could you want in a story?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'What an intense, visceral, twisty story. There's a lot more of Lord of the Flies here than Hunger Games or Ender and it just builds and builds to a heck of a conclusion' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This was such a clever beginning to this series!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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4.6
265 reviews
Mike Eason
May 23, 2025
At the beginning of the book I couldn't see where the story was going, honest I don't think the author knew where it was going either. Eventually the story stumbles into Lord of the Flies/Hunger Games and from that point it is actually pretty good although the ending felt a bit anti-climactic.
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Adrian Toh
June 17, 2017
I liked the fresh story-line that merged good sci-fi with a socio-political background. Best of all, the action is engaging and the book's flow is fluid. I liked that the protagonist was not flawless and infallible, which made his journey to success in this installment extremely addictive to read. In summary, I loved the mature writing and solid sci-fi aspects. I'm buying the 2nd installment as I write this.
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Esme Holliday
February 20, 2019
If my favourite books are a 5, this is a 3. i liked it. Quite gripping, an easy page turner. VERY similar at times to The Hunger Games. I joked it was a mixture of The Hunger Games, RoboCop, Harry Potter (sorting of the houses), bit Lord of the Flies and various others. not a bad thing- they're all great to read (watch) and I enjoyed this. Going on to the next one now.
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About the author

Pierce Brown is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of the Red Rising Saga. He spent his childhood building forts and setting traps for his cousins in the woods of six states and the deserts of two. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he scribbles tales of spaceships, wizards, ghouls, and most things old or bizarre.
www.PierceBrown.com

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