Two words. Space. Romans. Imagine something at the scale of Game of Thrones in terms of story, character development and intrigue and couple that with the space opera genre and you have a real winner. This is highly recommended to anyone looking for a page turner to get back into reading.
Notable Quotes:
“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Funny thing, watching gods realize they’ve been mortal all along.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Funny how a single word can change everything in your life."
"It is not funny at all. Steel is power. Money is power. But of all the things in all the worlds, words are power.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Look into yourself, Darrow, and you’ll
realize that you are a good man who will have to do bad things."....
“See. That’s what I don’t get. If I am a good man, then why do I want to do bad
things?”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Few men truly like seeing beauty burn.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“The fleas would jump and jump to heights unknown. Then a man came along and upturned a glass jar over the fleas. The fleas jumped and hit the top of the jar and could go no farther. Then the man removed the jar and yet the fleas did not jump higher than they had grown accustomed, because they believed there to still be a glass ceiling.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“I’ve hidden from everyone but you,” Mustang says. “It keeps me alive and ticking.”
“What’s your plan?” I ask.
She laughs at herself. “To be alive and ticking.”
“You’re better at it than I am.”
“How do you mean?”
“No one in your House would have betrayed you.”
“Because I didn’t rule like you,” she says. “You have to remember, people don’t like being told what to do. You can treat your friends like servants and they’ll love you, but you tell them they’re servants and they’ll kill you. ...”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Or perhaps they think I’m still a child. The fools. Alexander was a child when he ruined his first nation.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Gods don’t come down in life to mete out justice. The powerful do it.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“That is the point of all this. To make you terrified of a world where you do not rule. Security and justice aren't given. They are made by the strong.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising
“Humans are always negotiating. That’s what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something.” His smile is pleasant, but his eyes … There is something wrong with him. A different soul seems to have filled his body since the time he was Lucian. I have seen actors … but this is different. It is as though he is reasonable to the point of being inhuman.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising