Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)

by Pierce Brown

They say a kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. They made no mention of the heart.

We’re all just wounded souls stumbling about in the dark, desperately trying to stitch ourselves together, hoping to fill the

‘Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark.’ ”

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.” “My heart has always been laid bare.”

“He was always our friend,” Roque says. “It was our responsibility to help him try. Even if it was like hugging a flame.”

Slaves do not have the bravery of free men. That is why Golds lie to lowReds and make them think they are brave. That is why they lie to Obsidians and make them think it is an honor to serve gods. Easier than the truth. Yet it takes only one truth to bring a kingdom of lies crashing down.

where we would kiss in secret, hearts fluttering, like two little birds realizing they might build a nest together after all.

And the small part of Adrius that held out hope to be loved disappears. He shakes off his humanity, leaving only the Jackal.