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    Dark Age
    Dark Age
    Dark Age
    Audiobook33 hours

    Dark Age

    Written by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Moira Quirk and

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    About this audiobook

    For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance. On Luna, Mustang, Sovereign of the Republic, campaigns to unite the Republic behind her husband. Beset by political and criminal enemies, can she outwit her opponents in time to save him? Once a Red refugee, young Lyria now stands accused of treason, and her only hope is a desperate escape with unlikely new allies. Abducted by a new threat to the Republic, Pax and Electra, the children of Darrow and Sevro, must trust in Ephraim, a thief, for their salvation-and Ephraim must look to them for his chance at redemption. As alliances shift, break, and re-form-and power is seized, lost, and reclaimed-every player is at risk in a game of conquest that could turn the Rising into a new Dark Age.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 30, 2019
    ISBN9781980000174
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    • 5/5
      Bloody and brilliant! New favorite of the Red Rising Saga.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      4.5 It manages to piss the hell out of me. I want good things for my OG cast!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Why did the accents change between book 4 and 5? Lyria had an Irish accent as all the reds and in book 5 English. Obsidians have Norwegian accents through the book 5 except in Lyria's pov. Because of change of accents it becomes difficult to understand who said what. In Lysander's POV Darow for the first time since carving has an irish accent. Why?

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    • 5/5
      dark but epic
    • 5/5
      the age is really really dark in this one !
    • 5/5
      There is a whole lot going on in this installment. Very well tied together.
    • 5/5
      The narration was great. I love getting multiple POVs. The battles, the political mechanations, and betrayals the twists, and turns... this was non-stop movement. This was war, dark and grim. I can't wait for more!
    • 5/5
      Intricate weaving of different characters. Masterful language. Couldn't stop listening!
    • 4/5
      Hard to get into the story in the beginning, unlike with the previous books. However, not giving up proved worth it. I also found the descriptions of fights 'meat grinder', 'men becoming into pulp' etc has become too much and too often. Didnt taste right.
      For audio work I do hold a grudge for changing narrator for Lysander to a much older voice that did not suit the character at all. Also, losing Irish accent for Lyria was also disturbing. Blah. Otherwise, great book and great narrators.
    • 5/5
      The only down side to this book is finishing it.
      Loved the deep dives into the other characters.
      Loved how in touch with their mindset I got.
    • 5/5
      Heart breaking but magnificent and an absolute must for really anybody.
    • 5/5
      This was the best book by the author yet! Can’t wait to read the next one!
    • 2/5
      I really enjoy the previous red rising saga books. This book went off the rails. Hopefully the next book can readjust this runaway train.
    • 5/5
      Yet another cliff hanger leaving me in suspence. Hail reaper.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed the previous books a lot, however this one no matter how much I tried, I could not get into it. For my preferences it had way too much description of physical details of people and their weapons and so on and Not enough of a captivating storyline. The first couple of books really kept you on the edge of your seat, and engaged you with the characters whether you loved or hated them. It's a pity because I would have liked to continue finding out what happened, but I am going to stop listening at this point which is about halfway through. And I have to say it's very rare that I give up on a book
    • 5/5
      I would have preferred these books be split up between the alternate characters in one book in Darrow in another
    • 5/5
      Great book. I'm thinking of it as: Red Rising Volume 2 book 1. Dark Age will be V2B2.I initially didn't like it. The primarily listened to the audiobook. While the remaining characters you love from Morning Star are still primary characters, focus has changed to new characters that I did not initially care for. If you feel that way initially, as I did, just wait. You'll be in tears at some point. Recommend.Spoiler insights:During the saga of Red Rising we primarily follow Darrow, "Reaper", the Red who rose and became a Gold. There was an agenda and a goal that has been drilled into the reader's soul from the beginning of Red Rising. By the end of Morning Star, a reader can say… the story is told.The trilogy is complete. No, it didn't wrap up neat with no lose ends, but there was a beginning, a middle, and an end… not exactly what you have prayed for since Red Rising, but if Pierce Brown decided to sip colorful adult beverages on a beach somewhere the rest of his life, no harm done.The Red Rising Series is much the story of the downtrodden rising up and winning their revolution to be treated fair, not as quasi slaves. And at the end of Morning Star, while the job is not 100% done, it has had its beginning, middle, and end.I've seen war. It's ugly, beginning, middle to the end, and beyond. At the end of the trilogy, you may feel like you've been ridden hard, wrung out, and finally tossed into the laundry basket to rest… perhaps. Or at least for a while. You know you're in the load of laundry that will make it into the washing machine at some point. But the story of going through the washing machine and dryer does not need to be told. Iron God is the end of the beginning and turning to face beyond. Mustang always wanted to know if Darrow was only a hammer, or if he could be the shovel and hoe needed after the hammer has done the damage needed to end a bad idea. What's after the bad idea?Lyria of Lagalos is what's after. No home. No community. No job. No family. Just waiting and hoping that what the new government promised will come to pass before everyone she knows is dead.Read December 9-30, 2019,
    • 3/5
      I loved the Red Rising trilogy, but I'm less excited about the extension. Here we have the middle book of the second trilogy, and as in the middle book of the first one it's depressing and dispiriting. Things look bad for the good guys.In this volume, we follow Darrow on Mercury as he tries to hold the planet from the Society, which has overwhelming numbers in orbit, with no help coming from the Republic forces. Separately we follow Lysander au Lune as he takes part in the invasion of Mercury along with the forces of Atalantia. Separately, on Mars we follow Ephraim and the kidnapped children of Darrow/Virginia and Sevro/Victra as they reside among the Obsidians. Meanwhile, Victra is trying to get to the children but is waylaid on Mars with Lyria and Volga; and Virginia deals with the Senate on Luna and is surprised by machinations that I won't reveal here.My problems with the book: the action is non-stop, which is fine, but the carnage is relentless. Even that's OK, but the protagonists in the story are constantly making absurdly narrow escapes and being rescued at the last minute. After so many captures and escapes, it really makes no sense to leave anyone important alive for more than 30 seconds after capture.And there are just too many characters and too much going on- it's hard to keep it all straight, and makes the book more than 700 pages. There's a new Obsidian character, Fa, introduced later in the book, who is playing an important role, but I think the book would have been better to avoid complicating the plot even more.The first trilogy was great. But this one is just exhausting. I'd rather see Pierce Brown build a different world at this point.But I'll still be reading the next book- I want to see how he writes himself out of this mess. Hopefully it won't be too implausible.
    • 5/5
      Bloodydamn amazing as usual. Hail Reaper!
    • 5/5
      This is the 5th book in the AMAZING Red Rising series which I started in 2015. I have loved every single book in this series, but I am always worried that the next book might be a disappointment. Sci-fi series can be fickle. Often times the first book is mind-blowing, but by the time you get to book 3 or 4, it's more ho-hum (think Ender's Game or Dune). But I've loved this series not only for the combination of a space opera that has elements of gladiators and the Roman Empire, but also because each book is a story of loss, hope, and amazing heroism. These stories rip you apart with tragic sacrifice and there are parts that I know will bring me to tears, but I LOVE these stories and I can't wait for the final book in this saga to come out. Because then, I'm going to lock myself away and read the whole thing from the very beginning. Hail Reaper!