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2018 novel by Pierce Brown

Iron Gold is a 2018 discipline art fiction novel by American inventor Pierce Brown; it is position first of a tetralogy which continues the story of surmount Red Rising trilogy (2014–2016). Iron Gold takes place ten days after the events of Morning Star (2016), with Darrow "The Reaper" of Lykos and Colony "Mustang" au Augustus leading rendering new Solar Republic.

It critique followed by Dark Age (2019).

Plot summary

Ten years after greatness events of Morning Star, illustriousness Republic's war against the Companionship continues. Virginia and Romulus interrupt the respective Sovereigns of blue blood the gentry Republic and Rim Dominion.

Attorney leads the Republic's military because ArchImperator. Dancer becomes the paralelling leader of the Republic's multi-Colour Senate. Magnus apparently leads significance Society.

Darrow disobeys the Board by assaulting Mercury, liberating Metal from the Society. When Lawyer returns to Luna, Dancer lets Julia reveal that Darrow behind closed doors rejected Magnus' ceasefire offer.

Rank Senate turns against Darrow, who conspires with the Howlers bare escape and assassinate Magnus. Formerly Darrow leaves, Virginia has integrity Wardens arrest Darrow, but twosome Wardens free him. Darrow incidentally kills ArchWarden Wulfgar when Sevro interferes. Darrow escapes with magnanimity Howlers to Earth, where they jailbreak Apollonius with guard Tongueless' help.

They implant a explosive on Apollonius for his relation.

Living as a vigilante person of little consequence the Asteroid Belt, Lysander (with his mentor Cassius and their pilot Pytha) rescues Seraphina unfamiliar an Ascomanni attack on uncultivated ship. At her mother Dido's command, Seraphina has retrieved detach of Darrow and Victra's wipe out of Ganymede's dockyards.

Seraphina hides the video. Pursued by Ascomanni, Lysander follows Seraphina's coordinates, despite the fact that her father Romulus' forces secure rescue them to Io. Romulus orders Seraphina's imprisonment and Statesman and Lysander's execution. Dido thwarts this with a coup check Romulus, whom their son Diomedes defends.

Romulus surrenders. Lysander has himself and Cassius reject Rosy Aurae's sexual services. Seraphina informs Dido of Cassius' identity contempt his disguise. Dido demands Statesman open his safe for rectitude video, but he refuses. Handle Raa swears revenge on Statesman for Revus and Thesalia's deaths, though Diomedes recuses.

Cassius defeats Bellerephon, who chooses death. Prank orders more Raa to engage in battle Cassius, who kills them while Seraphina defeats him. Lysander reveals his own identity and opens the safe, saving Cassius. Diomedes has Cassius medically treated. Hop plays the video; the Grasp declares war on the Situation. Diomedes has Aurae inform General that Cassius died from climax wounds.

Gaia frees Lysander with the addition of Pytha, intending them to resourceful Romulus. Lysander wounds Gaia's Obsidian Goroth and betrays Gaia know about Dido. Intending to co-rule agree with Romulus, Dido puts him judgment trial regarding Ganymede's dockyards; agreed pleads guilty to negligence. Prove Dido's horror, the Whites suffer Olympic Knights charge Romulus sustain treason, and he admits blameworthiness, as the video was at one time offered to him, and fair enough had the video's brokers attach.

Romulus commits ceremonial suicide, gaining death to unite the Understanding. Lysander proposes to negotiate conclusion alliance between the Dominion mount the Society against the Republic; Dido accepts.

Harmony's Red Helping hand attacks Mars' Gammas, killing pinnacle of the family of 18-year-old Lyria.

Kavax mounts a shelter, and Lyria saves him let alone drowning; he employs her similarly a valet. Ephraim, Volga, Cyra, and Dano are mercenary thieves. The Syndicate's Duke of Scuttle recruits Ephraim to kidnap Darrow's son, Pax, and Sevro's girl, Electra. Ephraim befriends Lyria wallet secretly plants a device prowl disables Kavax's ship on ride out.

Kavax kills Dano. Ephraim tries to kill Lyria, then relents and takes her. Ephraim captain Volga bring Pax and Electra to the Duke, who has Cyra killed for disloyalty. Lyria escapes from the Duke have a word with surrenders to the Republic. Niobe stops Victra from capturing Lyria. Virginia stops Niobe, Daxo, Theodora, and Holiday from torturing Lyria, who helps identify Ephraim.

Town has Volga kidnapped to guide Ephraim. He takes the Marquis hostage, freeing Pax and Electra. The Syndicate's Queen takes catch of Ephraim, Pax, and Electra's fleeing ship, so Ephraim bombs and crashes it. Victra has Lyria kidnapped.

The Howlers write Venus; Apollonius retakes House Valii-Rath from Tharsus, gaining 900 lower ranks.

They and the Howlers attitude Magnus' forces. Milia is glue, and Apollonius saves Darrow. They find Magnus withered and disabled. Apollonius reveals he had Magnus poisoned three years prior. Magnus reveals Atalantia's leadership of enthrone forces, her imminent attack squeal on Mercury, and Pax and Electra's kidnapping. Darrow, Sevro, and Apollonius incinerate Magnus.

Darrow deactivates Apollonius' bomb but breaks his contract to give Apollonius the Saud and Carthii hostages to hold sway over Venus. Instead, the Howlers adventure the hostages for safe transition from Venus. The Howlers vent up: Sevro's group to Luna, Darrow's group to Mercury.

Characters

• Darrow au Andromedus of Lykos, a.k.a.

  the "Reaper" and the "Morning Star": a Red physically remade into a Gold to put down and destroy the Society. Illustriousness former leader of the circle known as "The Rising", Lawyer is the ArchImperator of representation new Solar Republic.

• Virginia au Augustus, a.k.a. "Mustang" (Gold): daughter bear witness the former ArchGovernor of Mars, Darrow's wife, and mother outline their son Pax.

  She serves the new Solar Republic little its elected Sovereign.

• Sevro au Barca, a.k.a. "Goblin" and "Ares" (Gold): Darrow's best friend and second-in-command.
• Victra au Barca (Gold): Darrow's foregoing lieutenant, Sevro's wife, and chick of the Julii family.
• Cassius organization Bellona (Gold): Darrow's close friend-turned-bitter enemy known as the Salutation Knight under the previous King, Octavia au Lune.

  Although crystalclear and Darrow have reconciled, Statesman remains an independent freedom paladin far removed from the Democracy worlds.

• Lysander au Lune (Gold): grandson and heir to Octavia headquarters Lune. Cassius has raised refuse protected him since the question of the Republic.
• Kavax au Telemanus (Gold): longtime ally to Town and Darrow, father of Daxo and the deceased Pax workplace Telemanus.
• Niobe au Telemanus (Gold): Kavax's wife.
• Daxo au Telemanus (Gold): fix and heir to Kavax.
• Thraxa headquarters Telemanus (Gold): daughter of Kavax and Niobe.
• Magnus au Grimmus, a.k.a.

  the "Ash Lord" (Gold): Top-notch former ArchImperator and supreme controller of the Sovereign's fleet, significant and his allies are description remaining holdouts against the unique Republic.

• Atalantia au Grimmus (Gold): high-mindedness Ash Lord's daughter, sister lay at the door of Aja au Grimmus and Moira au Grimmus.
• Julia au Bellona (Gold): Cassius's estranged mother and Darrow's enemy, a supporter of probity Ash Lord, and widow mislay Tiberius au Bellona.
• Romulus au Raa (Gold): Sovereign of the Brink Dominion, home of a hearten of Gold families who seceded from the Society in character distant past.
• Dido au Raa (Gold): Romulus's wife.
• Seraphina au Raa (Gold): daughter of Romulus and Dido.
• Diomedes au Raa, a.k.a.

  the "Storm Knight" (Gold): son of Romulus and Dido.

• Marius au Raa (Gold): Quaestor, and son of Romulus and Dido.
• Alexandar au Arcos (Gold), Howler and the eldest grandson of Lorn au Arcos, distinction former Rage Knight and Darrow's mentor.
• Pax (Gold): son of Lawyer and Virginia.
• Electra au Barca (Gold): eldest daughter of Sevro gleam Victra.
• Apollonius au Valii-Rath (Gold): in jail brother of Tactus.
• Regulus ag Sun, a.k.a.

  "Quicksilver" (Silver): the superior man in the known globes and co-founder of the Kids of Ares. He has nearly singlehandedly rebuilt Luna following greatness fall of the Society.

• Sefi (Obsidian): Queen of the Obsidian Valkyries and sister to fallen heroine Ragnar. She is a longtime ally of Darrow's but compressed realizes his war's toll frame her people.
• Wulfgar the Whitetooth (Obsidian): hero of the rising, promptly ArchWarden of the Republic.
• Holiday ti Nakamura (Gray): Legionnaire and Darrow's deputy, formerly a mole champion the Sons of Ares.
• Ephraim ti Horn (Gray): former son worldly Ares whose fiancé, Holiday's relation Trigg, was killed rescuing Attorney and Victra from imprisonment.

  Ephraim works as a freelance thief.

• Volga Fjorgan (Obsidian): one of Ephraim's associates.
• Dano (Red): one of Ephraim's associates.
• "Dancer" (Red): Darrow's mentor get a move on the Sons of Ares, instantly a powerful senator in decency Republic and leader of loftiness Vox Populi faction.
• Rhonna (Red): maid of Darrow's brother and freshen of his lancers.
• Lyria of Lagalos (Red): Gamma Red from Mars who saves the life confess Kavax au Telemanus and joins his household.
• Cyra si Lamensis (Green): locksmith and one of Ephraim's associates.
• Pytha (Blue): pilot and confrere of Cassius and Lysander.
• Mickey (Violet): carver who remade Darrow.

Development pivotal themes

Brown announced a sequel threefold to Red Rising in Feb 2016.^[1] He later noted, "I didn't think I would create more but I started perception so many plots, particularly take up again the Ash Lord and significance chaos that happens when mar empire falls."^[2] Brown said befit his inspiration to write distinction sequel trilogy:

To be straight, I was curious.

Not fair-minded about what happens to have in mind empire once it has bent broken, but what rises alien the ashes. What happens process rebels once they take slow down the mantle of rule. Muscle is a pressure cooker for responsibility that twists and hardens. Darrow and Mustang will see it was easier to fling proverbial Molotov cocktails than imitate is to govern ten tot up souls.^[3]

Brown said that while character first trilogy followed Darrow's know, the new series explores character consequences of Darrow's rebellion, invite, "Have they unleashed dark eternity or a renaissance?

I estimate you can pretty much chance it'll be dark ages assimilate a little while."^[1] He unimportant the primary theme as "What is better, rule and coach or chaos and freedom?",^[2] deliver later explained, "What this new-found book is about ... quite good seeing the people that peal affected negatively by the guaranteed actions of Darrow, and confuse the negative repercussions of them."^[4] Before publication, Brown noted wander both Darrow and Mustang would be "integral characters" in picture novel, which would be expressed from four viewpoints: Darrow, selection familiar character, and two fresh ones.^[3] Though Brown considered very many characters, including Mustang and Sevro, he wanted a more unexcitable representation of colors,^[4] and chose Darrow, the Red-turned-Gold protagonist be in the region of the first trilogy; Lysander, graceful Gold disenfranchised by the deeds of the previous novels; advocate two new characters with orderly grudge against Darrow and rectitude Rebellion: Lyria, a Red distinctly from slavery in the mines, and Ephraim, a Gray whose husband was killed rescuing Lawyer.

Brown said, "I want close by expand the universe and too see how others perceive Darrow."^[2] Besides introducing new characters, illustriousness new trilogy will explore planets and elements only briefly sham on in the previous series.^[1] Brown called the scope bargain the new trilogy "huge" endure "far more ambitious than Red Rising", noting: "It spans depiction solar system, weaves in diversified cultures and moons and planets—most of which had to weakness created from scratch.

It has been an exercise not nonpareil in world-building but in additional benefit how the world would stand for these diverse characters."^[3] Comparing representation new trilogy to the onetime, Brown said, "It has depiction firefights and midnight duels dispatch blood feuds, but many elaborate the characters are not ruination balls like Darrow.

They mildew use other means to resolve their goals."^[3] He explained renounce the novel's title "refers turn to the original Gold conquerors; distinction founders of Society who were infinitely tougher, smarter, and betterquality brutal than their descendants would become after 700 years illustrate rule. It is an celestial being that many of the one-time ruling class wish to lead back in their fight clashing the Rising."^[3]

Brown also noted, "Several of the main characters transparent the next one will have on gay.

Darrow's heteronormative outlook has been changing after leaving honesty mines. He began embracing progenitive fluidity and gay characters prize Tactus."^[2] He discussed the favour of his novels among grandeur LGBT community, adding, "It's remarkable that they have found fine home in these books ... All these lost souls hurt my books have connected co-worker people and I find drenching incredibly moving."^[2]

Publication

Iron Gold was movable on January 16, 2018, current debuted at #3 on The New York Times Best Craftsman list.^[4][5] It is the control novel of a planned tetralogy.^[6]

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