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Morning Star Paperback – Jan. 1 2017
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- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFisical_Book
- Publication dateJan. 1 2017
- Dimensions12.8 x 3.8 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-109781444759075
- ISBN-13978-1444759075
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- ASIN : 1444759078
- Publisher : Fisical_Book
- Publication date : Jan. 1 2017
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 9781444759075
- ISBN-13 : 978-1444759075
- Item weight : 372 g
- Dimensions : 12.8 x 3.8 x 19.8 cm
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- 鶹 Rank: #5,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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- Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2024Verified PurchaseWow, an epic series! I'll wait to continue the next part of this series but I really enjoyed this! Such a complex world from the ethics, the politics and relationships. So many twists and turns I didnt see coming. This series hurts in the worst and best ways. I loved the arc of the MMC Darrow and his bestie Severo. Excited to see where this series continues. I really enjoyed how this series included earth history into this incredible futuristic world, it made it feel plausible.
- Reviewed in Canada on September 4, 2023Verified PurchaseThis series was recommended by a friend. Book one was great but I felt the story drag a bit. Not a problem with book 2! The pace of progression keeps you on your toes and easily gets you lost within the pages of the book. Great character development and an exciting ending that leaves you yearning to know what will happen next! This is a great page-turning series, and one that will easily leaves you saying "just one more chapter"
- Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2016Verified PurchaseThis is great SF. The ideas are not original but are told in a very original way. Darrow, the protagonist, is born, marries and lives the life of a young miner in the deep tunnels of Mars, believing, as do all his co-habitants, that the surface of Mars is uninhabitable. But this is a lie, cruelly foisted on the exploited miners for the purposes of the ultimate ruling class of the solar system, the Golds. Darrow and his people are lowColor Reds. There are numerous other colors in this highly rigid society most of whom are equally exploited. The Golds believe they rule by divine right as they are eugenically superior in intelligence, strength, education, and training. The back story to this development is given in depth and with brilliant clarity. , Through character and bitter circumstance, Darrow comes to join the shadowy resistance, the Sons of Ares, who transform him into a Gold to subvert the ruling order. Like the Manchurian Candidate but heroic rather than villianous, Darrow is charged with infiltrating the most elite of Gold society in order to bring it down. But in his journey his intense interaction with other Golds force him to accept them as human beings and to grow in his own understanding of what kind of society should come after, if he should be able to overthrow it, a dubious proposition. The major relationships he forms around him include many close male friends and also the beautiful and very intelligent Virginia au Augustus (Mustang) with whom he falls in love but must continually hold back his feelings because of the enormous secret he hides. This is a trilogy of three quite long books that are really one long novel. The characters, the relationships, and the ingeniously strategic battles fought every step of the way are quite extraordinary and written with such energy and tension that I was propelled to read the entire trilogy before I even had time to reflect. In summary,I found Book 1 the most intense and satisfying followed closely by book 2 and a little further behind, book 3 where Darrow’s character loses some of its mystique and dynamism. It could also be viewed as arcing towards a wiser but less confident character. However, the writing remains amazingly vivid, and the plot twists intensify. I really have only one criticism of Book 3 but I don't think it's just a quibble.I found that the love affair between Darrow and Mustang, always somewhat coy verging on prudish and explained by Darrow's painful memories and his need to keep his distance, lacked sexual chemistry after these obstacles are resolved and did not achieve a convincing resolution after all the unresolved tension built up over the relationship in the first two books. That said, a trilogy this good can cover up a multitude of sins. I rated the first two books as solid 5s and I give the third a 4.
- Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2024Verified PurchaseThe Red Rising series including Morning Star is a rip roaring , edge of your seat, mind bending, heart breaking and heart warming, in places, sci fi humanist extravaganza, oh and a must read.
- Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2025Verified Purchasefor a friend
- Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2017Verified PurchaseWhat an unbelievable END to this phenomenal trilogy. It starts in the coolest and most unpredictable manner! It's RAW and keeps you glued to your seat or bed or whatever.....you just NEED to keep reading it.
Honestly guys! one of the BEST and unpredictable trilogies i've ever read... and I've read the LOT of them! I am a big fan of fantasy and epic novels. read a few books per month and prefer Series or Trilogies. I have been impressed by some over the years (e.g. Lightbringer, Night Angel) but this trilogy by Pierce Brown has blown me away. Kept me on the edge of my seat. Just unbelievably good with twist after twist. You NEVER see those twists coming!
I also liked the development of his characters and the fact that some of them die along the way, when you least expect it!
- Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2018Verified PurchaseThis series is important reminder of importance of freedom. Decisions have consequences and nuke goes off. Revolution is not aways glorious as it seems and history shows us of consequences of revolution. Revolution is incited in hopes of better world. The cost is usually staggering. This was a nice series.
One thing I am worried is that athour will ruin this series with book 4. I hope not.
- Reviewed in Canada on September 16, 2023Verified PurchaseGreat conclusion to an epic story
I love philosophy and history and this series brings both together with action, adventure, and more.
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- AnaReviewed in Spain on February 1, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars It keeps getting better
Verified PurchaseIt’s a page turner. It adds a necessary layer of complexity to the overall story, and all the dilemmas that arise when you play the “change the world” game. Are heroes pure? How does a hero rise?
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ElenaReviewed in Germany on March 4, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars Packender Abschluss der Red-Rising-Trilogie
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Darrow hätte in Frieden gelebt, doch seine Feinde brachten ihm den Krieg. Als Roter war Darrow dazu bestimmt, sein Leben in den Minen von Mars zu verbringen. Doch die Hinrichtung seiner große Liebe führte dazu, das Darrow als Goldener wiedergeboren wurde. Erfolgreich infiltrierte er die goldene Gesellschaft und gewann schließlich die Schlacht um Mars. Doch der Moment, der Darrows größter Triumph sein sollte, wurde zu seiner schrecklichsten Niederlage: Verraten von ehemaligen Freunden, befindet er sich in der Gefangenschaft seines grausamsten Feindes. Doch trotz des vernichtenden Schlages, der Darrow und den Söhnen von Ares zugefügt wurde, lebt die Revolution noch immer.
Als Darrow endlich frei ist, findet er die Revolution im Zerfall vor, während seine mächtigen Feinde gnadenlos und ohne Skrupel handeln. Um zu gewinnen muss Darrow einmal mehr die im Dunkeln Gefesselten dazu bringen, ihre Ketten zu sprengen und die Welt umzustürzen, die ihre grausamen Meister geschaffen haben. Kann Darrow die Revolution hinter sich vereinen und zum Sieg führen?
Meinung
Was ich schon an den vorherigen Bänden mochte, wird hier nun ganz deutlich: Es gibt keine strahlenden Helden, an ihrer aller Händen klebt das Blut. Zudem ist der Grat zwischen Revolution und Terrorismus ein nur zu schmaler. Darrow beweist sich im dritten Band als Realpolitiker und schreckt nicht davor zurück, seine eigenen Leute zu opfern oder „false flag“-Operationen durchzuführen. Es gibt Führungskrisen und Meutreien, die ungewöhnliche Lösungen erforderlich machen. Und natürlich immer wieder wunderbar ausgebuffte Pläne, die für einen Plottwist nach den nächsten sorgen.
Im Vergleich zu den vorherigen Bänden werden hier verhältnismäßig wenig neue Charaktere eingeführt, dennoch hat Pierce Brown auch dieses Mal einige faszinierende Figuren geschaffen. Während Darrow in den ersten beiden Bänden die Verbündeten scheinbar nur zu zuströmten, muss er zudem in diesem abschließenden Teil hart dafür arbeiten, Neue für sich zu gewinnen und Alte an seiner Seite zu halten. Denn je größer die Revolution wird, desto fragiler wird das Gleichgewicht zwischen den Lagern.
Insgesamt gibt es auch im finalen Band wieder all die geschätzten Zutaten, die schon die beiden Vorgänger so groß machten, genannt seien halsbrecherische Aktionen, wagemutige Diplomatie und epische Weltraumschlachten. Was ich besonders an der Trilogie liebe, ist der Realismus: Statt eines einsamen Helden ist die Zusammenarbeit vieler nötig, um das Imperium zu stürzen – und mehr als einmal scheint Darrow alles um die Ohren zu fliegen, bevor es zur finalen Schlacht kommt. Auch der Schluss gefiel mir gut: Es herrscht nicht eitel Sonnenschein, sondern es ist allen bewusst, dass dies nur ein Etappensieg war.
Ich verbeuge mich an dieser Stelle vor Pierce Brown, denn mit dieser Trilogie hat er aus meiner Sicht ein Meisterwerk geschaffen. Ein Meisterwerk, dass Krieg in all seiner Grausamkeit zeigt und was der Kampf für eine gerechte Sache kostet. Diese Trilogie ist am Puls der Zeit.
In einem Satz
Der epische Abschluss einer fantastischen Trilogie, die selbst auf den letzten Metern noch immer wieder Plottwists vollführt.
5 Sterne
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ANTONIO COTA JIMENEZReviewed in Mexico on January 27, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendo libro
Verified PurchaseSin dua una de las mejores sagas de siencia ficccion, una historia epica espacial, recomendadisimo.
- Rossco_FFVIIReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars BloodyDamn Epic!
Verified PurchaseWhat a fantastic conclusion to a high octane Sci-fi trilogy moving at the pace of a action movie meets thriller novel.
This third book is excellent in characters really going through everything possible with each one of those built up by the series getting their big moment. The emotional impact here is so high and you're pulled from shock and awe, to laughter and fun all the way to sorrow and even the odd tear.
I don't was to spoil any plot points but I do remember in the middle of Red Rising that it was all a but too much hunger games after a great start.
Push through that middle part of book 1 and you will not be disappointed with how it builds on the characters, world and incredible political system so very representative of what we could become.
I'll also add this has the best use of pop culture references and even a full meme written woven into the action. I'm tempted to re-read to find any I missed.
Wonderful book series, I'm ready for the next era with Darrow to start!