Although he successfully infiltrates the Golds, he finds the social order is a cruel and confusing mash-up of deception and intrigue. He’s recruited by a rebel cell and “becomes” a Gold by having painful surgery-he has golden wings grafted on his back-and taking an exam to launch himself into the academy that educates the ruling elite. When Eo leads him to a mildly rebellious act, she’s caught and executed, and Darrow decides to exact vengeance on the perpetrators of this outrage. He’s a member of the Reds, an “inferior” class, though he’s happily married to Eo, an incipient rebel who wants to overthrow the existing social order, especially the Golds, who treat the lower-ranking orders cruelly. In the beginning, Darrow, the narrator, works in the mines on Mars, a life of drudgery and subservience. Set in the future and reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones, this novel dramatizes a story of vengeance, warfare and the quest for power.
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