Book Club - Red Rising – Pierce Brown

When we consider the reality in which we exist today, reading Red Rising doesn’t come across as too far-fetched at all. In fact, we could quite easily superimpose some countries, regions, economies and sectors over the colours and societies created by Pierce Brown and people would immediately understand what was happening.

This podcast with Greg is an introduction to the Red Rising trilogy and it should come as no surprise that the first book, eponymously titled, is an intriguing and courageous adventure through humanity’s dystopian future. It paints a brilliant picture of a fictitious future which calls into question the lives we lead today. So many times, I found myself asking, which colour would I be? Which colour would I want to be? Which colour would I end up being? For me, that is one of the great elements of this series, because it f ...