Brown was working for the NBC Page Program in Burbank, California and living in his former political science professor's garage when he sold Red Rising in 2012. After graduation, he worked a variety of jobs in politics and startup tech companies. īrown graduated from Pepperdine University, where he majored in political science and economics. His father, Guy Brown, is a former local banker. His mother, Colleen Brown, was the President and CEO of Fisher Communications and the Chairman of American Apparel's Board of Directors. Pierce Brown grew up in seven different states. Pierce Brown (Born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018) and Dark Age (2019). The conclusion to Brown’s saga is simply stellar.Goodreads Best Science Fiction Novel 2015 & 2016, Goodreads Best New Author 2014 “A page-turning epic filled with twists and turns. as this interstellar civil war comes to a most satisfying conclusion.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Brown’s vivid, first-person prose puts the reader right at the forefront of impassioned speeches, broken families, and engaging battle scenes. The impactful battles that make up most of Morning Star are damn near operatic. “ Morning Star is this trilogy’s Return of the Jedi. Everything is on fire all the time.” -NPR The battle scenes are kinetic, bloody, breathless, crazy. “There is no one writing today who does shameless, Michael Bay–style action set pieces the way Brown does.

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. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. 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.īut devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. “ achievement is in creating an uncomfortably familiar world of flaw, fear, and promise.”- Entertainment Weeklyĭarrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war.Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level.

Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author.

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