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Red Rising is a dark, violent young adult dystopian novel centered on rebellion against oppressive class systems. The book contains intense combat scenes, strategic violence, and morally complex situations that reward careful reading and emotional maturity. While it features strong themes of resistance and justice, the brutal tone and frequent violence make it better suited to older teens comfortable with darker science fiction.
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From the publisher
The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Reds are humanity's last hope. Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it's all al lie. That Mars has been habit... The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Reds are humanity's last hope. Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it's all al lie. That Mars has been habitable - and inhabited - for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down on Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought. Until the day that Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside. But the command school is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only student with an agenda. Break the chains. Live for more.
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- Betrayal
- Strong Character Development
- A mix driven
- Diverse Characters
- Loveable Characters
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Character driven
- Plot driven
- audiobook
- Adventurous
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ISBN 9781444758979