Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

by Pierce Brown

“Death isn’t empty like you say it is. Emptiness is life without freedom, Darrow. Emptiness is living chained by fear, fear of loss, of death.

“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. 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.”

Words are a weapon stronger than he knows. And songs are even greater. The words wake the mind. The melody wakes the heart.