Morning Star - Pierce Brown

Morning Star

By Pierce Brown

  • Release Date: 2016-02-09
  • Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,619 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star.

ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST • “[Brown’s] achievement is in creating an uncomfortably familiar world of flaw, fear, and promise.”—Entertainment Weekly

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Finally, the time has come.

But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.

Praise for Morning Star

“There is no one writing today who does shameless, Michael Bay–style action set pieces the way Brown does. The battle scenes are kinetic, bloody, breathless, crazy. Everything is on fire all the time.”—NPR

Morning Star is this trilogy’s Return of the Jedi. . . . The impactful battles that make up most of Morning Star are damn near operatic. . . . It absolutely satisfies.”Tordotcom

“Excellent . . . Brown’s vivid, first-person prose puts the reader right at the forefront of impassioned speeches, broken families, and engaging battle scenes . . . as this interstellar civil war comes to a most satisfying conclusion.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A page-turning epic filled with twists and turns . . . The conclusion to Brown’s saga is simply stellar.”Booklist (starred review)

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:

RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER

Reviews

  • So good I read it twice in a row

    5
    By Raychon Cardona
    Enjoyable read
  • Loved it

    5
    By avlahannah
    Very well written. Epic, tragic, unpredictable.
  • Jaw dropping.

    5
    By abcdefg124577
    Best series i’ve actually ever read. Ever. Star wars meets gladiator meets GOT. Peirces technicality is seriously outstanding and should be an example in fantasy writing. This was my first science fiction fantasy and i’m never looking back. Pierces ability to write battle scenes leaves me breathless and with full body chills every-time. A wonderful “end” to the trilogy , however because I am late to the game I have peace in knowing there is a continuation with Iron Gold and Dark Age and so on. I have no doubt that the next books will be just as good because Pierce does not write bad material period. I have all the books in paperback yet while I was traveling I finished Golden Son and with no hesitation purchased the e-book on this app even though I FULLY already own them at home. I couldn’t physically restrain myself from continuing the story. Wonderfully brilliant. No notes!
  • A+ writing, B- storyline

    4
    By toastnaut
    I got a little tired of this book around halfway through. Darrow still makes stupid gambles with plot-armor success. Then an uncalled for catastrophe knocks him flat. Then it all works out like the loss doesn’t mean anything. This cycle repeats over and over. It’s less rollercoaster and more being dragged over the rocks. When everything is finally going right, the ending is like falling off a wall. All the king’s horses and men couldn’t put the story together again, but Darrow triumphs artlessly. Then it all goes flat because poor, emotionally charred Darrow can’t have his cake and eat it too. However, this book (and the included preview of the fourth, Iron Gold) begs an interesting question: what do you do once you’ve destroyed a society? Even as he sacrifices everything for the cause, Darrow begins to doubt whether his course was wise. Gold was the chain that fettered the masses. It has been broken. Yes, the proletariat has his liberty now, but the iron sword of order that kept the planetary empire alive has been killed. Gold was the chain that anchored the worlds. Is it good to set all adrift in the name of independence? Were the Golds right when they said fighting the system would only cause harm to all Colors?
  • It’s a Trap!

    5
    By Forsworn45
    Traps beget traps beget traps.
  • Finally

    5
    By cclay1991
    Unlike in Red Rising and Golden Son, Pierce Brown finally strikes a perfect balance between his patented breakneck plot pace and softer beats that leave room for meaningful character development. A lot of people say Golden Son is their favorite, but in my opinion this is the best of the first trilogy by a significant margin. To put it simply, he stuck the landing.
  • Repetitive

    2
    By bhikbmlp
    Well defined characters Repetitive themes
  • Best Series

    5
    By lIsebbyIl
    6th time reading the first 3 books. Never gets old
  • Read it

    5
    By Dmocz
    Somehow he kept the ball rolling all the way through book three. I’ve enjoyed some novels more but not three in a row
  • Bloody dang!

    5
    By Kdub!
    Release my breath!