Red Rising
Roman
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- €9.99
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- €9.99
Publisher Description
Der fulminante Auftakt zur New York Times-Bestsellertrilogie
Darrows Welt ist brutal und dunkel. Wie alle Roten schuftet er in den Minen des Mars, um ein Leben auf der Oberfläche des Planeten möglich zu machen. Doch dann wird seine große Liebe getötet, und Darrow erfährt ein schreckliches Geheimnis: Der Mars ist längst erschlossen, und die Oberschicht, die Goldenen, leben in dekadentem Luxus. Darrow schleust sich in ihr sagenumwobenes Institut ein, in dem die Elite herangezogen wird. Er will einer von ihnen werden – um sie dann vernichtend zu schlagen …
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Pierce shoots for the next Hunger Games with mixed results in this melodramatic SF series opener. Sixteen-year-old Darrow is a Red miner, the lowest worker caste on Mars. Darrow's people live in hellish conditions underground and mine the precious silvery helium-3 needed to terraform the planet. Darrow's father was hanged for performing a traditional dance, and when Darrow's wife, Eo, discovers that Mars's surface has been livable for centuries and then sings a forbidden dirge in public, she too is executed. Awash with grief, Darrow is recruited by the rebel Sons of Ares to infiltrate high-caste Gold society and help overthrow the government. After weeks of surgery and training, Darrow enters Mars's most selective school, but being accepted at the Institute is one thing; surviving a murderous hazing, ruthless power struggles, and a brutal war game won't be so easy. Determined to lead his people to a better future, Darrow will do anything to win. Pierce offers a Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills but painfully little originality or plausibility.
