The gods are dead. Their bones still shape the world.For generations, the Collegium has controlled the study of divine remains, harvesting the bones and ichor of fallen gods to fuel the magic that sustains its control over civilization. Within its walls, Cael has been raised as a loyal scholar, taught to trust the history the institution preserves.But as Cael uncovers fragments of a truth long buried, the quiet certainty of his life begins to unravel. Strange echoes stir, and whispers of forbidden knowledge suggest the Collegium may not be the guardian of truth it claims to be.Now hunted by the very order that once sheltered him, Cael must decide whether the truth is worth the price of everything he has ever known.Because he may have uncovered something the Collegium would kill to keep hidden.

With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown’s genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within. A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at its heart, Golden Son guarantees Pierce Brown’s continuing status as one of fiction’s most exciting new voices.

Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.