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Dark Age

(Red Rising Saga #5)

Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

4.43 · Rating details · 26,595 ratings · 2,656 reviews

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.

For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruct ...more

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Aug 24, 2019 Petrik rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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3.5/5 stars

Gory (literally) damn insane, violent, bleak, and ruthless. Helldivers, prepare your soul to be hell-drilled by Dark Age’s brutality.

“During war, the laws are silent.”—Quintus Tullius Cicero

Two things first. If it has been a long time since you’ve read Iron Gold or Red Rising Saga, I strongly recommend you to reread the entire series before you read Dark Age. I didn’t do this and I truly believ ...more

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May 04, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-all, favorites, hardback-own, audio, own

OMG! OMG! OMG! THE DARK AGE HANGOVER KIT CAME! CLICK ON GOODIES LINK UNDER THE PICTURE TO SEE THE FREAKING GOODIES! OMG! ALTHOUGH, MY SEVRO PLUSHIE IS THE BEST!

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Another special and numbered edition came today! Supposedly tomorrow, my Dark Age Box with Sevro plushie should be here! Fingers Crossed!

If I live to read the next book, I’m afraid!! 😳

Well, one of my special editions came today 😉

Happy Reading!

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾 ...more

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Aug 08, 2019 jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

‘the man is broken, but he is not allowed to break.’

but gorydamn, my goodman, this book broke me and then drowned me in my own tears.

i took the day off from work yesterday just so i could stay home and dedicate my full attention to reading this entire beast of brutality, with full focus and no distractions or interruptions. after meeting pierce brown last week and listening to him talk so passionately about this, i knew that was the only way i could show the complete respect this book deser ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 ash | novelly rooted rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: best-of-the-best, science-fiction, adult

PB making us all look like clowns. 10+ Stars

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Red Rising 5/5 ★
Golden Son 5/5 ★
Morning Star 5/5 ★
Iron Gold 5/5 ★ ...more

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Aug 17, 2019 Skip rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: series-in-progress, science-fiction

Not sure I can read a sixth book in this series. Senseless violence, mass killings, savagery, gore, torture, rape, baby killing: a truly grim commentary on society by Pierce Brown. The writing is good, but there did not seem to be a coherent plot, which is exacerbated by the multiple POVs. And despite a character summary at the beginning, it was hard to keep track of the good guys and the ever expanding roster of bad guys. Asking readers to keep track of multiple names for the same characters is ...more

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Jan 23, 2018 Lucia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bookshelves-owned, favorites, 5-stars-read, sci-fi

Red Rising Saga is unlike anything I have ever read and this fifth instalment only proves it. There is some gorydamn excellent writing craftmanship at play because Pierce Brown weaves multiple POVs in magical way that leaves you spellbound by this book and consumes all your waking thoughts. What other proof of greatness do you need than the fact that I read this 752-pages-long mammoth of a book inbetween taking care of hyperactive toddler in just couple of days? I may be sleep deprived but it ha ...more

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Aug 14, 2019 Bradley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-shelf, sci-fi, space-opera, worldbuilding-sf

Okay, folks. This is a big book in a number of ways. It's not only huge, physically, but it's dense with action from the alpha to the omega.

And it is BRUTAL. Just look at that title.

Now assume that the death count will be on par with the Black Plague. Only it's just super-soldiers in mech armor with genius IQs sporting the most massive war-erections ever conceived and both sides are willing to cut no corners to annihilate each other.

I'll be honest, I haven't been in much of a mood for total gr ...more

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Feb 11, 2018 Shelby P rated it it was amazing

George RR Martin called and would like his lack of conscience back, PB. Dark Age makes Golden Son look like child’s play.

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Aug 02, 2019 Gonzalo Urrutia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction

This book is a monster. It draws you in with pretty lights and funny smells before nailing you to the ground, then eats you up bit by bit and looks you in the eye while it breaks everything you hold dear inside yourself.
I kept going back in my mind to how Pierce said he wanted this trilogy to be about rebirth, after the end of a civilization and the dark ages. I kept thinking how brutal, in my very little knowledge, the Dark and Middle Ages actually were, trying to justify the brutality. The thi ...more

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Aug 15, 2019 Lorna (lornaslibrary) rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1-star, dystopia, sci-fi

Plus
+ Lyria's character development is so good (despite having very little page time compared to the other POV characters)

+ I would die for Lyria, Ephraim, and Volga

Minus
- Soooooooooooo many dead LGBT+ characters

- There's no plot. It's 750 pages of no plot

- Violence for the sake of violence. It's like Pierce Brown is just using shock factor to make up for the lack of plot

- It feels like after finishing the original trilogy, Pierce wasn't ready to let go of the characters or the world, but he did ...more

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Oct 01, 2019 Gavin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi

I'm not going to write a big review for Dark Age but that should definitely not be looked upon as a reflection of the books quality. I just struggle with reviews for books I really loved! Dark Age was my most anticipated read of all of 2019 and I was delighted it lived up to those high expectations. I'm sure this will be my best read of the calendar year and it definitely confirmed the whole Red Rising series as one of my all time favourite series. This series has the perfect blend of action, dr I'm not going to write a big review for Dark Age but that should definitely not be looked upon as a reflection of the books quality. I just struggle with reviews for books I really loved! Dark Age was my most anticipated read of all of 2019 and I was delighted it lived up to those high expectations. I'm sure this will be my best read of the calendar year and it definitely confirmed the whole Red Rising series as one of my all time favourite series. This series has the perfect blend of action, drama, romance, and shock happenings that keep it absolutely addictive reading. The story is pretty dark and intense, but that is mitigated by the humour and the undercurrent of hope that ran through the story. All in all it has pretty much everything I want in a story and it helps that Brown has an engaging writing style!

I loved the fact that this 5th instalment of the series was by far the largest yet. It was nearly 34 hours long. The second longest book, Iron Gold, was only 23 hours long so it was quite the increase in length. It worked well though as Dark Age packed in a ton of action and cool happenings and had the feel of a true epic of the genre. I hope all the Red Rising books are this length going forward. There is more than enough going on in this world to justify the page time as Pierce Brown seems to have a knack for being able to create memorable and interesting characters and stories.

I loved the stories of all 5 POV characters and felt like they all gave something different to the story which helped flesh out the worldbuilding and that in turn helped give the story a deeper and more complicated feel. We also met a few great new secondary characters in this one. The best being the villains Atlas and Ajax. My standout secondary character of this instalment was Alexander Au Arcon. He popped up in Iron Gold but I really felt like he came into his own in this book.

All in all I loved this and cannot wait for the next instalment in the series. Hail Reaper!!!

Rating: 5 stars. The easiest rating I've given all year!

Audio Note: I might not have had much to say about the story itself but I've got a bunch to say about the audio and the crappy decisions made by Recorded Books! The 4th book in the series saw Recorded Books add three new narrators to the cast (to voice the three new POV characters). I felt that was not a great decision but it was one I ended up OK with as two of the three new narrators turned out to be pretty good (John Curless who voiced Ephraim and Aedin Moloney who voiced Lyria) while only Julian Elfer (who voiced Lysander's parts) was poor quality. This time around Tim Gerard Reynolds and John Curless returned to voice Darrow and Ephraim. I had no issue with that as both guys gave fantastic performances. We had to get used to a new narrator for the newly added Virginia POV. I believe it was Rendah Heywood. I think she did an OK job. The biggest issue was that Recorded books decided to recast the Lyria and Lysander parts. Moira Quirk was a decent enough narrator but her version of Lyria was so different from Moloney's version that it was definitely a bit jarring. The biggest issue was that Recorded Books botched the Lysander bits for the second time in as many books. The good news is that this time they actually cast a talented enough narrator in the form of James Langton. The bad news was that the production was awful and nobody at Recorded Books appear to have bothered to check that Langton was on board with accents and pronunciation of characters and names. Poor quality stuff from Recorded books. I felt Langton was actually a big upgrade on the awful Julian Elfer but his pronunciation of Cassius and the voice he gave to Darrow were both flat out horrific. None of it ruined my enjoyment of the story but it definitely does not reflect well upon Recorded Books. As a company they do not seem to care about the enjoyment of their customers. Let us hope they stick with this batch of narrators or just go back to having TGR do it solo as the last thing we need is more bloodydam recasting of the audio! ...more

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Jun 13, 2018 David S Meanderings) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019-favorites

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*Spoiler* section included at the end

If I had to describe Dark Age in one word it would be brutal. This book was absolutely, by far, the darkest of the Red Rising series. I kept thinking throughout this book, especially after a certain part, that this was in fact grimdark Sci Fi because it was just that dark.

I absolutely loved it. Dark Age was a crazy, intense, wild, non-stop, action packed ride that just wouldn’t let ...more

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Aug 05, 2019 Savannah Holland rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-want-to-physically-fight, dnf, books-that-ruined-my-fav-series

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Aug 01, 2019 FanFiAddict rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Rating: ★★★★★+

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.

For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his pla ...more

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Dec 18, 2020 Ashley Lewis rated it it was amazing

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!

I don't know that I have ever experienced so many different emotions in one book before now. Pierce Brown wreaked havoc on my mental state with this one and I still loved every second of it. I felt more love for some characters (Lyria & Victra) than I did in IG and felt more hate for others...Lysander.

I wanted to throw this book across the room more than once, but I also had to know how it all turned out.

This entire series is pure AMAZING! ...more

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Aug 02, 2019 Brittany S. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adult, series-binge, audiobook, best-of-2019, currently-own-fc, holy-crap-these-books-are-huge, libro-fm, to-review, 2019

Initial Impressions 8/1/19: I hate this book. (I don't hate this book.)
I hate Pierce Brown. (I don't hate Pierce Brown.)

I won't reveal any actual spoilers but if you haven't read the book yet, I don't recommend reading this review because it's just impossible to talk about without revealing SOME small things.

DARK AGE is the book to break us all, friends. Remind me why we were excited to read this book? Because I just got epically crushed. SO much happens in DARK AGE but it never felt like it Initial Impressions 8/1/19: I hate this book. (I don't hate this book.)
I hate Pierce Brown. (I don't hate Pierce Brown.)

I won't reveal any actual spoilers but if you haven't read the book yet, I don't recommend reading this review because it's just impossible to talk about without revealing SOME small things.

DARK AGE is the book to break us all, friends. Remind me why we were excited to read this book? Because I just got epically crushed. SO much happens in DARK AGE but it never felt like it was too much, even when it was too much to wrap my brain around. Some authors can overdo it by having too many different things flying around, too many character deaths (or not enough) but Pierce Brown knows exactly where to reveal everything and exactly how to wound our souls.

One thing I really appreciate here is actually getting the character's opinions of each other. There are five POVs and almost all of the POV characters are separated for most/all of the book (depending on who they are). We also get new POV Virginia/Mustang, which was incredibly interesting, and that's one of the ones that intrigued me the most. I loved seeing how she perceived other characters, especially Darrow, and it was especially fascinating because of how smart she is. We get more than just emotion from her since she's highly intelligent and also the Sovereign. Lyria and Lysander got new narrators for DARK AGE (thank you) and while I still don't love Lyria and her place the book, she definitely has some really important roles and her character really stepped up in so many ways. Lysander became an even more complicated character and I found myself sort of rooting for him, until I remembered that he's not actually a good guy here and his involvement in anything could be entirely catastrophic. I did wish that we got a few more reunions, from POV characters as well as just about anyone from the old crews. It was hard at times with so many previous favorites being so far apart (WE NEED MORE SEVRO) but I think everything will just come crashing together in the next book... I hope.

One thing about this book and really the whole series is that Pierce Brown may be a little too smart for me sometimes. His political plotting is incredible and it's so deep and layered that at times it's hard to follow, especially on audio. It's not necessarily in a bad way -- I know he knows what he's doing -- but there are so many big players, different leaders of different planets, battles, grudges, and near-death experiences that sometimes people just pop in and out and I don't know if they're actually important or not. Sometimes important characters are seen briefly and I'm not sure if that's supposed to be notable and other times small characters become big. Things from IRON GOLD sort of disappeared into the background and then at the very end of the book become important again, but I also understand that as a second book in what I'm guessing is another trilogy, it'll all come full circle again. It's not necessarily a complaint but I guess the one thing that trips me up a little bit.

Before publication, someone said that this book had at least five GOLDEN SON-like twists (not an exact quote but something like that) and ... no. DARK AGE had like 25 twists. Any time I've complained about there not being enough momentum in a book? DARK AGE was constantly moving, providing twists and surprises from the very beginning. It was action-packed and yet paced very well, filling in with some slower moving passages to keep that world-building going, layering in more politics, and letting readers grasp even more about each character. I even loved how the kids, Pax and Electra, became more involved in this book and were real characters instead of just being pawns or fillers. They also built relationships, became real people, and are going to be important in the next book as well.

After this, I don't know if I can handle another book but I also need it immediately. I'm actually really, really glad that this publication date got pushed back because if this is what Pierce Brown needed to have DARK AGE be perfect, it was well worth the wait. I always want books to be their best and not just rushed to meet a deadline. Now I'm wondering in agony how long we have to wait for the next book though because this was a honkin' huge book and incredibly dense so it's going to be torture waiting! But I'm sure that will be well worth it too. ...more

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Aug 05, 2019 Micperk rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I absolutely no-lifed this book. It was around 4:00 am, still wide awake, that I realized I have a severe reading problem and that Pierce Brown books are at the top of the addiction chart. It was also around this point that I realized I should not become attached to any of the characters he writes....because... he ALWAYS KILLS THEM. Like bro, every chapter I read I'm just waiting for the guillotine to fall on somebody else and crush me once again. I won't spoil anything but before you read this I absolutely no-lifed this book. It was around 4:00 am, still wide awake, that I realized I have a severe reading problem and that Pierce Brown books are at the top of the addiction chart. It was also around this point that I realized I should not become attached to any of the characters he writes....because... he ALWAYS KILLS THEM. Like bro, every chapter I read I'm just waiting for the guillotine to fall on somebody else and crush me once again. I won't spoil anything but before you read this book go meditate or something to mentally fortify yourself.

Once again the pacing is full break neck speed in this book. You're immediately thrown into the thick of it and it never stops. The characters grow, the story grows, the action grows, and you get a front seat ticket to all of it. This book delivers everything you've come to expect from the series and Pierce Brown does an amazing job of still delivering high quality books this deep into the series. As much as I love Darrow other characters have managed to become just as important and sometimes more interesting to read than his arc. I consider it amazing writing to make someone relatively new to the story feel just as important and interesting as the MC.

I will say this book felt different than the others. Until this book I feel like Pierce Brown let the story evolve very organically. Everything the story did was based upon the actions of others and the personality of the characters in the story. In this one I feel like he introduced some new elements to create a story that he wanted to write. It wasn't bad in any form, but like I said, for me it just felt different than the others.

Long story short this was another incredible book by Pierce Brown and I'm sure I'll be reading this book a couple more times in my life. If you're a fan of the series you should hurry up and pick this up and enjoy the ride. If you're new to the series do yourselves a favor and go pick it up, this has become one of my absolute favorite series and might become one of yours also. ...more

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Aug 14, 2019 Leslie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: coming-in-2019, kinda-gross, wtf-did-i-just-read, read-in-2019, trigger-warning

I forgot to write a Goodreads-specific review, so here's what I posted on my tumblr. Suffice to say, I will not be reading the final book.

My main takeaway, for those who don’t want to be spoiled or don’t want to read a long rant, is this: Dark Age read very much like what must happen every time Quentin Tarantino and the tv show creators of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead are given money to make all of their 12-year-old straight white male fantasies come true. It was an excuse for gore and v ...more

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Jul 19, 2020 Charlotte May marked it as own-tbr

Just bought this one from the Book Barn for £2!! 😁

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Oct 02, 2019 Charlie - A Reading Machine rated it really liked it

Despite the 4 star rating I found this really difficult to read. It's a magnificent continuation of the story and shows us new sides to old characters as well as making us fall in love with some new ones. The action sequences are formidable and glorious with the Iron Rain literally taking my breath away and leaving me absolutely shredded and the epic scale of the space warfare topping anything else I've ever experienced. Brown's writing has grown more mature and nuanced with every book and Dark Despite the 4 star rating I found this really difficult to read. It's a magnificent continuation of the story and shows us new sides to old characters as well as making us fall in love with some new ones. The action sequences are formidable and glorious with the Iron Rain literally taking my breath away and leaving me absolutely shredded and the epic scale of the space warfare topping anything else I've ever experienced. Brown's writing has grown more mature and nuanced with every book and Dark Age is certainly no different with every sentence embedded with meticulous world building that breathes life into the planets themselves. It is hard not to feel like you are right fucking there, in a spacesuit, fighting for your life. Only great books can do that.

There were some things that I didn't so much enjoy. It's dark...as dark as can be, perhaps a little long at 800 pages and has so many players that I personally found it hard to track them all. The names of some of those characters didn't help. A chat between Alexander au Arcos, Atalantia au Grimmus, Asmodeus au Carthii and Rhone Ti Flavinius doesn't really flow off the tongue and sometimes by the time I'd sounded out all the names in my head and recalled which one was which I lost track of the central point of their conversation.

That being said there was on thing above the others that made Dark Age difficult to read... It is hard to witness incredible pain and suffering being inflicted on characters you love. Harder still sometimes to see them dish it out to others when we so desperately want them to find some peace. No one gets off easy in this book and much of the death is shown to be as senseless as it should be, even so by the end there was one character who I think I'd happily kill myself.

God knows what the final book will bring us but we've been given a tiny sliver of hope. I'd like to think Pierce has given us his worst however I have no doubt he has some surprises left for the finale and we'll all be tearing our hair out again in no time. ...more

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Jul 12, 2019 Zutto marked it as to-read

Shelves: swiftathon2020

Bruh this book is so fucking thicc that Pierce Brown could kill Darrow and bring him back again like 5 times. Buckle up bitches 'cause shit's about to e s c a l a t e ...more

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Aug 03, 2019 Marjolein rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, kindle, favorites, 5-star-review, recommendations, tearjerkers, read-in-2019

What the fuck. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

I don't even know if I'm still alive. Might have suffered multiple minor heart attacks.

Will definitely have to reread this.

Review = coming AFTER my vacation.

UPDATE: Review coming AFTER my reread. I'll be rereading Dark Age when the Hodder&Stoughton paperback comes out in February 2020! ...more

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Aug 19, 2019 S.K. Levy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2-point-5-stars, unpopular-opinions

Urghhhh I'm so torn with this one. There were things that I loved, but also things that I really didn't like... My most anticipated release of 2019 only gets 2.5 stars ='(

There will be BIG spoilers ahead! If you haven't finished Dark Age, do not read on. I'm not hiding them in spoiler tags like usual because there are just too many of them haha. You have been warned.

Likes:
- The pace was great, as always.
- I loved Alexandar!
- Darrow redeemed himself a bit.
- The writing made me intrigued as to wh ...more

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Aug 10, 2019 Nafeeza rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: awesome-characters, best-bromance, fantasy, buddy-reads, favorites, kick-ass-female-protagonist, all-time-favorite-books-series, my-book-boyfriends, sob-fest, sci-fi

This may be my new favorite of the series. All the bloodydamn stars!

RTC

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Sep 23, 2019 GrilledCheeseSamurai (Scott) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, series, epic

Pierce Brown just tore off my face and shoved napalm down my throat.

And you know what...I still said thank you.

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May 06, 2018 Braiden Smith rated it it was amazing

Absolutely my most anticipated book of 2019. I picked up Red Rising on a complete whim. Reading the first book in one sitting, I then found myself driving to the bookstore at 9 o'clock at night to buy the rest of the series. Howlers are love. Howlers are life. ...more

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Aug 18, 2019 Karen’s Library rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, signed

As broken as my heart is after reading this, there are not enough stars in the universe to rate this book. Pierce has completely outdone himself in Dark Age and I have no idea how he can possibly top this one.

I have pretty much lost count as to how many times I dropped this book on my lap gasping, or even yelling at Pierce, as he broke my heart again and again and again. I don’t think I’ve ever had a book affect me this much. Move over George R R Martin! Pierce has bested you!

In Dark Age, we g ...more

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Aug 28, 2019 ☆★Tinja★✮ A Court of Pizza and Laziness added it

Shelves: adults, characters-i-wanna-slap, audiobooks, dark-stuff, tortured-abused-hero-or-heroine, badass-characters, heartbreaking, look-at-that-cover, mind-blowing-shit, action

These books are fucking stressful

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Jan 13, 2020 Ashley Daviau rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Where do I even begin with this big, beautiful beast of a book?! Everything about it is just perfect, Brown has really outdone himself with this one! It is bold and stunningly intricate; it really blows my mind how everything is all weaved together and how Brown is not afraid to kill off a staggering amount of beloved characters in one single book. This book is one hell of a roller coaster, it made me laugh and cry and want to throw the book across the room and pump my fist with victory, all acr ...more

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Aug 19, 2019 Stacy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed, to-be-recapped

No spoilers in this rapid review of Dark Age. I give it 4.5 stars. Thank you for this masterpiece of a series, Pierce Brown. He describes it as high tech Rome meets space Vikings in the acknowledgements, and this explanation makes me smile. It’s the easiest way to sum up the series for those who haven’t read it.

Age’s plot summary might go something like this: Who’s good? Who’s evil? Is anyone purely one or the other? And who will ally with who to face off in what’s sure to be a giant, definitive ...more

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About Pierce Brown

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Hello. I'm Pierce Brown, the author of the Red Rising Saga, a NYT #1 bestseller.
I figured I'd write you myself than have corporate copy pasted below my totally natural author photo.

In my books you'll find stories of men and women finding their inner strength when all seems lost. You'll also find me exploring themes of love, violence, hope, and power--what it means, why people seek it, and how th ...more