Short introduction

In Red Rising the society is separated in colours: red, purple, brown, copper, silver, blue,  gold, yellow and green. Every colour has different  capabilities and place in society.  The golds rules the whole solar system, and everyone has to obey them. This book is about Darrow he is the main character. In this book we will follow his quest to free the read.

The book is a science-fiction story. Its takes place in our solar system, many years from know. If you like these type of books I really recommend reading this one. The tension will build up during the story to the point he can't make a mistake or everything he has been fighting for will be gone.

Summary

Red Rising is about Darrow a Red boy. The reds are a mining people who are being told that Mars is getting terraformed, so the people of earth can live here on Mars.

His wife Eo is hang by a gray soldier who gets his orders from a gold man named Nero au Augustus, the arch governor from March. Darrow decides to burry Eo although this is an illegal action. Because of this he is going to be hang to. He is saved by his uncle and brought to the sons of Ares.

The Sons of Ares show him the world on the surface of Mars. The surface is already inhabited by all the other colors. The sons of Ares main goal is to free the red people from slavery. Darrow is told to help them because they saved his live. They ask him to get reshaped to a gold person and then win the Institute.