Red Rising LOTR inspires those around him—but carries

inspires those around him—but carries the weight of past losses and the grim reality that victory may be impossible

a son expected to give everything for a family that never loved him and an affluent daughter determined to destroy utopia must unite to end one generation's unnaturally protracted reign

or organized into full-fledged Underhive Outcasts gangs that vie with Necromunda's storied Houses for turf

GEOFF ISHERWOOD

Left with the fate of the world in his hands

Red Rising LOTR inspires those around him—but carriesNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pierce Browns relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Red Rising ascends above a crowded dys topian field.USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAREntertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness I live for the dream that my children will be born free, she says. That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their