In the future, humanity has settled throughout the solar system. Humanity has been divided into colours, with Gold ruling and the Reds slaves. Each colour knows its place until a ruling Gold hangs a young Red. This starts the beginning of a rebellion. Darrow, the husband of the murdered woman, gives up his humanity to be transformed into a Gold. Sent to the Institute with other young Golds, he must learn to fight and survive in a society that awards only the strong. Only by winning does he gain admittance to the society so that he might strike from within. This story has everything. Humour, action galore, betrayal, loyalty and romance. I listened to the audio version which came to life under the expert narration of Tim Gerald Reynolds. I ate up the first three novels in non-stop marathon reading.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, BUZZFEED, GOODREADS AND SHELF AWARENESS
Pierce Brown's heart-pounding debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars.
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'Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic
'[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today
Follett delivers again and proves why he’s a master storyteller. This time, Follett takes us back to 2500 BC England, where the tribes are defined by their professions. They are herders, farmer, miners, and woodsmen. When the original temple is destroyed by a neighbouring tribe, a young priestess, Joia, is determined to rebuild using stone. As alliances and betrayals dodge the different characters through a life-altering drought, Jolia, and her brother-in-law, Seft, plan to use the building of the temple as a way to appease the gods. This is a fantastic story that proposes an idea of how ancient man may have built Stonehenge, which stands today as an ageless tribute to mankind’s ingenuity and resourcefulness.
Brown brings forth another fast-paced thriller that has little to do with history, as so many of his past novels do. Rather, it looks at consciousness. Robert Langdon is in Prague to attend a lecture by his love-interest, Katherine Solomon. What should be a celebration of a new look at how we look at reality becomes a nightmare as invisible forces are at work trying to destroy all that she has researched. Nothing is as it seems, and Robert and Katherine are unable to trust anyone, while the bodies add up. The action is hair-raising as the science is mind-bending. Hold on for one hell of a ride.
The world's most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet—a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do.
Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon—a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript.…
Abused as a child, Janice Williams became a cop to make a difference. When a vigilante starts killing child abusers, she is tasked with capturing the killer. But the vigilante knows her every move. When Janice uncovers the identity of the vigilante, she is faced with the dilemma to do her job to uphold the law or help this person escape a nation-wide manhunt.
