Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.

“All men are not created equal,”

“Power must be claimed.

But I am no Gold. I am a Red. He thinks men like me weak. He thinks me dumb, feeble, subhuman. I was not raised in palaces. I did not ride horses through meadows and eat meals of hummingbird tongues. I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.

SLAVE There is a flower that grows on Mars. It is red and harsh and fit for our soil. It is called haemanthus. It means “blood blossom.”

You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”

am the spark that will set the worlds afire. I am the hammer that cracks the chains.

Break the chains.