Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)
Pierce Brown
For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance. On Luna, Mustang, Sovereign of the Republic, campaigns to unite the Republic behind her husband. Beset by political and criminal enemies, can she outwit her opponents in time to save him? Once a Red refugee, young Lyria now stands accused of treason, and her only hope is a desperate escape with unlikely new allies. Abducted by a new threat to the Republic, Pax and Electra, the children of Darrow and Sevro, must trust in Ephraim, a thief, for their salvation—and Ephraim must look to them for his chance at redemption. As alliances shift, break, and re-form—and power is seized, lost, and reclaimed—every player is at risk in a game of conquest that could turn the Rising into a new Dark Age. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.
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Dark Age just didn’t do it for me!! I get that the subject matter skewed darker and more gruesome compared to the previous books in the series (which is saying something), but my issue with the book lay more with the pacing. This is the first book in the series that I struggled to get through. There were pieces of the previous books that I had loved - the characters, the writing, the rapidly changing plot, but it just didn’t land for me. I found myself skimming through so much of the book because it felt like despite all the action, there was so little progress in the plot!! There were so many changes of tides, unexpected resurrections and deaths of characters, that I became a bit numb to it all and it loss the thrill I had loved in the previous book. Like the war on Mercury, it was a slog to get through, but maybe that was the point? It was also difficult to keep track of all the characters. I loved the closer look at the Obsidians and the scene with the Senate being overrun the most.
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