Nathan Lu’s Reviews > Golden Son > Status Update

Darrow and his team won the Great War that defasted many. His mentor and leader Augustus had died as with Lorn as well. The enemies of the Augusteses, Bellonas, have been killed off, and the Son of Ares prevailed and saved the worlds. As Darrow gets his laurel of victory, the Telemanuses start to attack the grounds of the ceremony and gas everyone with poison. And so starts another book with another war for Darrow.

The Sovereign escapes and hides ways in a castle on Mars. Darrow and his army gets ambushed and he loses almost all his army. Despite the unfortunate events, he continues to try to recover Mars and take the Sovereign as hostage. He and his team couldn't make it over the wall, and only Darrow got over. Darrow makes an irrational decision and tries to go after the Sovereign alone. He ends up getting held hostage by the

Darrow is like a big figure (politically). They try to do what's right, but they also get a lot of heat for it. Darrow was facing off with one of his main rivals in the Bellonas, and won. Suddenly though, the other members of the Bellona clan started to ambush Darrow and the other noble golds. He escapes and makes it back to the ship. He goes back to his planet, and also gets ambushed as well, but by the high priest.

Roque, Tactua, Victra, and Theodora were captured, and is sent on a mission to end the Son of Ares by killing Mustang's father. Her father hanged the woman that started all the war, and he let the Son of Ares thrive. He travels to Mars and tries to recover Roque. In the process, many of his team members such as Quinn sacrifice themselves. They retreat back to the ship, and managed to recover Quinn on the ship alive.

I feel like my book is a quest archetype, with the Golds and the other colors constantly fighting against the anti pure Sons of Ares. Yet there is deception and the colors going in war against each other, the Sons of Ares is the titan of the evil in the solar system.