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she said: " I looked at your list of books and I think this one might be for you. There are powerful woman in this book, though they are secondary characters. This book takes place in the future sci-fi. But interesting enough the worlds are lead by a cast system. Golds at the top and reds at the very bottom. The lead character is named Darrow and he has believed all of his life that there is only the caves where his people are mining for Hellium 3 (I believe). They dig so that their future might one day liv I looked at your list of books and I think this one might be for you. There are powerful woman in this book, though they are secondary characters. This book takes place in the future sci-fi. But interesting enough the worlds are lead by a cast system. Golds at the top and reds at the very bottom. The lead character is named Darrow and he has believed all of his life that there is only the caves where his people are mining for Hellium 3 (I believe). They dig so that their future might one day live on the surface of mars. What he doesn't know is that all of it is lie. When they kill his wife, he learns the truth and must do some unquestionable things to become a gold.

"For seven hundred years, my people have been enslaved without a voice, without hope. Now I am their sword. And I do not forgive. I do not forget. So let him lead me onto his shuttle. Let him think he owns me. Let him welcome me into his house, so that I might burn it down. - Pierce Brown, Golden Son


"Sometimes I wonder if he were raised a Red and I a Gold if he wouldn't have ended up a better man than I am now, and I a worse man than he ever could be.

For some reason I think I could have been capable of great evil. - Golden Son

The format of this series is a bit different, but it's easy to get accustom to. The audible for this narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds is even better. As I stated, the female is a secondary character but she is strong and a big part of this story. His yin to her yang. So you get that strong element and she is NEVER portrayed as a Debbi Doormat.

Hope this helps.


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