#golden son

[kavinskhhy]

Darrow and Lysander by iparwing

#fanart #red rising #golden son #morning Star #iron gold #dark age #darrow of lykos #lysander au lune #light bringer #pierce brown #red rising series #red rising saga

[sad-endings-suck]

pierce brown really did end the first red rising trilogy with the female love interest becoming the new ultimate leader and his male protagonist becoming what is essentially her trophy husband, and honestly he’s so real for that.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #darrow x mustang #virginia au augustus #darrow au andromedus #darrow of lykos #pierce brown #red rising mustang

[virginiaoflykos]

What to read after Light Bringer? (Series similar to Red Rising)

August 2023 update!

Red Rising is my favorite series of all time, and since I first read it, I have sought series and books similar in both spirit and execution. Some of these recs are books I haven’t read personally, but have often come up in discussions with other users!

1. The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Status: ongoing, expected 10 books in total, 4/10 out at the moment

Book 1: The Way of Kings. The Way of Kings takes place on the world of Roshar, where war is constantly being waged on the Shattered Plains, and the Highprinces of Alethkar fight to avenge a king that died many moons ago.

2. The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone

Status: finished, 6/6 books out.

Book 1 (in publication order): Three Parts Dead. Comprised of 6 standalone books set in the same universe, the Craft Sequence tells the tales of the city of Alt Coulumb. The city came out of the God Wars with one of its gods intact, Kos the Everburning. In return for the worship of his people, Kos provides heat and steam power to the citizens of Alt Coulumb; he is also the hub of a vast network of power relationships with other gods and god-like beings across the planet. Oh, and he has just died. If he isn’t revived in some form by the turn of the new moon, the city will descend into chaos and the finances of the globe will take a severe hit.

3. Hierarchy by James Islington

Status: ongoing, 1/3 planned books out

Book 1: The Will of the many. The Will of the Many tells the story of Vis, a young orphan who is adopted by one of the sociopolitical elites of the Hierarchy. Vis is tasked with entering a prestigious magical academy with one goal – ascend the ranks, figure out what the other major branches of the government are doing, and report back. However, that isn’t quite as easy as Vis or anyone else thought it was going to be…

4. Suneater by Christopher Ruocchio

Status: ongoing, 5/7 books out

Book 1: Empire of Silence. Hadrian is a man doomed to universal infamy after ordering the destruction of a sun to commit an unforgivable act of genocide. Told as a chronicle written by an older Hadrian, Empire of Silence details his earlier adventures and serves as an introduction to the characters and the setting.

5. Dune by Frank Herbert

Status: completed, 6/6 books out

Book 1: Dune. Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities.

6. The Expanse by James S A Corey

Status: completed, 9/9 books out

Book 1: Leviathan wakes. Set hundreds of years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain come together for what starts as a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

7. The First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Status: completed. 3 books in the original trilogy + 3 standalone books + 3 books in the newest trilogy

Book 1: The Blade Itself. The story follows the fortunes and misfortunes of bad people who do the right thing, good people who do the wrong thing, stupid people who do the stupid thing and, well, pretty much any combination of the above. Survival is no mean feat, and at the end of the day, dumb luck might be more of an asset than any amount of planning, skill, or noble intention.

8. Cradle by Will Wight

Status: completed, 12/12 books out

Book 1: Unsouled. Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan. When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must rise beyond anything he's ever known...and forge his own Path

9. Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons (one PB’s favorites)

Status: completed, 4/4 books out

Book 1: Hyperion. The story weaves the interlocking tales of a diverse group of travelers sent on a pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on Hyperion. The travelers have been sent by the Church of the Final Atonement, alternately known as the Shrike Church, and the Hegemony (the government of the human star systems) to make a request of the Shrike. As they progress in their journey, each of the pilgrims tells their tale.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #pierce brown #dark age #iron gold #light bringer #what to read #book rec #book recommendation #books #stormlight archive #hyperion cantos #craft sequence #the expanse #hierarchy #the will of the many #first law #suneater #sun eater #dune #cradle series

[almabel]

The Reaper and the Martyr

#red rising #darrow of lykos #darrow au andromedus #eo #Something something being a symbol #red rising series #morning star #golden son #fanart #myart #books #this drawing is old

[tinasshelf]

“Tactus didn’t sell the Violin… He was practicing in private, shaking off some of the rust. Said he wanted to surprise you with a sonata, Darrow."

(I’m reading Golden Son right now and as soon as I read this line I dropped everything I was doing and went “yeah I’m drawing Tactus playing the Violin now”)

#red rising #golden son #tactus #what the fuck is tactus’s full name #tactus au valii-rath #red rising fanart #my art

[sarcasmiclife]

Darrow literally has more light scenes with Cassius than with Sevro or Virginia and Cassius isn't even there with him for 3 of the 6 books

(he so clearly wants what Darrow and Sevro have😭)

Wait there are more in the reblog-

#red rising saga #pierce brown #red rising #golden son #morning star #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #darrow of lykos #cassius au bellona #they are literally married #and i cant stop crying cant stop crying

[fang-venkas]

Book 1: The Jackal is a nameless, superhuman creature, no one knows what he looks like, some think he’s not even real, his sole name evokes dread in the protagonist

Book 2: AND he’s got daddy issues!!

#idk something about this is just unbelievably funny to me #red rising #adrius au augustus #the jackal #golden son #Darrow o Lykos #the reaper #morning star #iron gold #dark age #lightbringer #red god #virginia au augustus

[dualquille]

Darrow: ugh I hate Cassius and his golden curls and his broad shoulders and his perfect smile and… what was I saying again

Mustang: … you hate Cassius

Darrow: UGH yeah I hate that guy

#the way I could literally cite multiple direct quotes about this #red rising #morning star #golden son #red rising series #darrow of lykos #cassius au bellona #darrow x cassius #dassius #enemies to lovers #hehe #virginia au augustus #honestly I love the three of them together too help #red rising incorrect quotes

[the-green-snowball]

#red rising #golden son #darrow of lykos #cassius au bellona #dark age #light bringer #iron gold

[darrowsrising]

Virginia really took a look at Darrow at his meanest and said 'damn, he's hot'. Then watched as he sacrificed his win to help her and she said 'i crave him biblically' and hasn't stopped ever since 😩.

#red rising #virginia au augustus #mustang #lionheart #red rising trilogy #golden son #morning star #iron gold quartet #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #reaper x mustang

[mithriel-of-mithlond]

PIERCE BROWN ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!????!?!!????!!

Me after finnishing Golden son

#red rising #golden son #pierce brown #honestly this is probably one of the best books ive ever read #straight to the point no bullshit #a lot of action betrayals plot twists #stuff happening all the time #but the ending damnnn #darrow au andromedus #darrow of lykos

[witcheroftheslothschool]

Mustang and Darrow don’t need words:

“So we attack during the day?” Mustang guesses. “Naturally,” I say. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother speaking. She knows my thoughts. Even the mad ones. - Red Rising

“Pliny wants me still, and he wants Darrow for the Sovereign. (…)” “And he figured if anyone would know where I was, it’d be you.” “So tracking me is how he will find this fleet.” Mustang says. Lorn looks back and forth at us. “When did you two discuss this?” “Just now,” Mustang says, confused at the question. Sevro claps Lorn on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. You’re not senile. They’re just odd.” - Golden Son

Would that I could hear Mustang’s take on this plan. Before, I’ve missed her lips, her scent, but now I miss the comfort that comes knowing her mind is aligned with mine. When I was with her, I did not feel so alone. - Morning Star

Well, except maybe this one time…

“Then her. The girl you lost.” I say nothing. (…) “Silence isn’t the answer right now, Darrow.” After a moment, she leaves me alone in the room.

#darrow of lykos #morning star #golden son #red rising #darrow au andromedus #red rising trilogy #virginia au augustus #reaper x mustang #reaperstang

[sad-endings-suck]

One of my favourite details from the original Red Rising trilogy, is that no one ever came close to guessing or even suspecting that Darrow wasn’t a gold.

It shows the inherent flaw in their sense of superiority. Octavia had Darrow right there in front of her, with an Oracle wrapped around his arm, and even though she suspected he was a Son of Ares, she never asked if he was anything other than gold, didn’t even come close.

Adrius and Virginia are geniuses, but still, neither of them could have possibly fathomed that Darrow was a red until they had the concrete evidence of his carving right in front of them.

To this day (in canon) the only reason anyone knows Darrow is a red carved to be gold, is because the video evidence of his carving was leaked (initially from Harmony, and later from others).

No one, no matter how intelligent, practical, paranoid, cautions, clever or skeptical, ever figured out about Darrow’s carving through their own suspicion or means of investigation. They were either in on it from the beginning (Dancer, Mickey, Quicksilver, etc) or they were shown video evidence. No one figured it out themselves or “unravelled the mystery” so to speak. Because no one even knew there was a mystery.

And before people say “it was extremely unlikely, they had no reason to suspect” Yes, Darrow’s carving was incredibly difficult and expensive, but the same procedure was performed on Titus not long after, so how rare or hard could it be? We even get a dialogue from Mustang in Golden Son in which she details that different colours go to carvers all the time to have “intrinsic” parts of themselves altered, far more often than the public realizes. So the possibility should have been on Octavia’s radar, but it wasn’t, because she simply couldn’t fathom it. It was too obscure.

How could a red be the spitting image of what gold society idealizes? How could a red be so tall, strong, and beautiful? How could a red graduate top of the Institute, become a peerless scarred, a Lancer, her own grandson’s celebrity hero? Neither her nor Nero or Lorn or even Adrius were capable of even entertaining the idea. It was not a thought that was ever going to occur to them naturally.

And I really love that, from a narrative perspective, because it says so much about how the Society operates and upholds itself. It says so much about how high on their own egos golds really are. It says so much about how the colours are not as different from one another as golds would have them believe.

Cassian Andor: What? To steal from the Empire? What do you need? A uniform, some dirty hands and an Imperial tool kit. They're so proud of themselves, they don't even care. They're so fat and satisfied, they can't imagine it.

Luthen Rael: Can't imagine what?

Cassian Andor: That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear.

Andor (2022-)

#andor 2022 quote #the golds simply couldn’t fathom a red walking right into their house without their knowledge #star wars quotes #red rising #red rising series #golden son #morning star #iron gold #dark age #light bringer #red god #darrow of lykos #Octavia au Lune #Nero au Augustus #adrius au augustus #virginia au augustus #lord au arcos

[virginiaoflykos]

I don’t think I ever did it before, so here are @merwild ‘s red rising bookmarks.

#red rising #golden son #morning star #pierce brown #dark age #iron gold #light bringer #darrow of lykos #sevro au barca #virginia au augustus #red rising saga #cassius au bellona #Ragnar volarus #red rising fanart

[boneskullravenriver]

I find it so fucking hilarious how roque preaches philosophy and he's painted as this loyal, benevolent guy who anyone could go to for advice because he's all zen and shit, he even goes as far as to defend victra when everyone starts questioning her loyalty:

Page 282 (Golden son):

“Now she is here, when we are little more than a ragtag coalition of bandits, and you question her. You disgust me. It makes me sad to be among you bickerers. So l if another man or woman questions her loyalty, I will lose faith in this fellowship. And I will leave.”

Only for it to turn out that she's the one who ends up sticking with Darrow afterward (you know) and roque ends up turning his back on him and worse. Talk about irony.

I swear, Roque pisses me off just by existing 😭😭

#roque au fabii #victra au julii #victra au barca #red rising #golden son #red rising trilogy #red rising saga #rereading golden son

[tinasshelf]

Darrow at the Institute draft: wouldn’t it be cool if I had a bomb on me so I could take out some of the best and brightest of Gold rule, lmao

Darrow at the gala with a bomb on him surrounded by the best and brightest of Gold rule: well about that

#at the draft he quite literally goes #If i’d known this was going to happen I may have brought a nuke #and #with one bomb I could have destoryed the best and brightest of their Golden rule #I just think the switch up is simultaneously so funny and says a lot abt his growth just in the first two books #‘hey maybe I dont want to be a terrorist after all idk’ #red rising #darrow of lykos #golden son