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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Thebestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold.
 
“Brown’s plots are like a depth charge of nitromethane dropped in a bucket of gasoline. His pacing is 100% him standing over it all with a lit…

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Brown is the author of the New York Times bestselling Red Rising saga, and Dark Age is his fifth novel in the series. Set in a dystopian world where humans have been genetically enhanced and conquered the solar system, the fifth book takes you through the joys of battle to the crushing agony of losing friends on the battlefield. To punctuate just how little time there is to grieve while in battle, he kills beloved characters with a stroke of the pen and almost an afterthought, focusing more on the effort than people. Many veterans found the devastation of losing…

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