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🔴 Mars. Mines. Castes. Rebellion.
Welcome to our second book club read! On 30 October we start Red Rising by Pierce Brown—the first book of a saga set on a Mars where everyone is born into a Color: Reds dig in the mines, Golds rule, and nobody climbs.
Darrow is a Red, a Helldiver deep under the surface, working so the planet will one day be livable for the people who come after him. Then he learns who the surface is really for.
If the war college in Fourth Wing had you hooked, the Institute is that—with fewer dragons and more knives. 🗡️
📅 Starts: 30 October
📚 Genre: dystopian science fiction, growing into space opera as the saga goes on
🔴 Theme: Break the chains.
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Contents · 45 chapters
- Prologue p. 1
Part I: Slave Chapter 1 – Chapter 6 · 6 chapters
- Chapter 1: Helldiver p. 3
- Chapter 2: The Township p. 10
- Chapter 3: The Laurel p. 20
- Chapter 4: The Gift p. 28
- Chapter 5: The First Song p. 36
- Chapter 6: The Martyr p. 44
Part II: Reborn Chapter 7 – Chapter 19 · 13 chapters
- Chapter 7: Lazarus p. 53
- Chapter 8: Dancer p. 58
- Chapter 9: The Lie p. 67
- Chapter 10: The Carver p. 71
- Chapter 11: Mad p. 80
- Chapter 12: The Carving p. 84
- Chapter 13: Bad Things p. 96
- Chapter 14: Andromedus p. 103
- Chapter 15: The Testing p. 107
- Chapter 16: The Institute p. 113
- Chapter 17: The Draft p. 124
- Chapter 18: Classmates p. 129
- Chapter 19: The Passage p. 134
Part III: Gold Chapter 20 – Chapter 33 · 14 chapters
- Chapter 20: The House Mars p. 141
- Chapter 21: Our Dominion p. 152
- Chapter 22: The Tribes p. 163
- Chapter 23: Fracture p. 174
- Chapter 24: Titus's War p. 183
- Chapter 25: Tribal War p. 190
- Chapter 26: Mustang p. 195
- Chapter 27: The House of Rage p. 207
- Chapter 28: My Brother p. 214
- Chapter 29: Unity p. 219
- Chapter 30: House Diana p. 227
- Chapter 31: The Fall of Mustang p. 239
- Chapter 32: Antonia p. 246
- Chapter 33: Apologies p. 258
Part IV: Reaper Chapter 34 – Chapter 44 · 11 chapters
- Chapter 34: The Northwoods p. 265
- Chapter 35: Oathbreakers p. 282
- Chapter 36: A Second Test p. 291
- Chapter 37: South p. 305
- Chapter 38: The Fall of Apollo p. 316
- Chapter 39: The Proctor's Bounty p. 330
- Chapter 40: Paradigm p. 336
- Chapter 41: The Jackal p. 345
- Chapter 42: War on Heaven p. 355
- Chapter 43: The Last Test p. 363
- Chapter 44: Rise p. 374
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