Author: Pierce Brown
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Teen Reviewer: Se Choi
On Mars, a
hardworking type of human named Reds lived to drill the soil to find a certain
gas to make Mars habitable for humans. The Reds wore suits that contain everything
inside it, and they slave all day to serve the uppercolors without hesitation.
Darrow was a gas miner, and he had a wife that started to rebel against the
upppercolors. But one day, the uppercolors found out she was rebelling, so they
hanged her in front of the ArchGovernor and in front of Darrow and the
community. Then Darrow, thoroughly distraught, did something rebellious for his
wife and got himself hanged. But he woke up and found himself alive because the
Sons of Ares resurrected Darrow with high tech equipment.
The Sons of Ares was a
terrorist group that was against the rule of the Golds. The Sons of Ares showed
Darrow the cities the Golds had made and how they were telling the Reds lies.
They turned Darrow into a Gold through the use of technology and training.
Then, the Sons of Ares sent him to an academy where he was first tested his
smartness and physical health. Then he was ordered to kill one of the Golds
that did not do well on the test. The Gold he killed happened to be the younger
brother of Cassius, the son of a rival of the ArchGovernor and a friend that he
made. He decided to keep this a secret. The institute he tested for was not the
normal school with classes and tests, but a huge game with seven houses. Darrow
and Cassius quickly became leaders of House Mars until Cassius found out that
Darrow killed his brother. Then he was left for dead by Cassius and survived to
make an army of his own and eventually win the game. He was immediately claimed
by the ArchGovernor and was promised a bright future.
The book was
packed with action and has a very creative storyline. The novel also tells us
that even the weakest and smallest can rise up to the top. The explosive action
and the meaningful purpose of the book makes it perfect.
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