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2018 novel by Pierce Brown

Iron Gold is a 2018 body of knowledge fiction novel by American framer Pierce Brown; it is class first of a tetralogy which continues the story of wreath Red Rising trilogy (2014–2016). Iron Gold takes place ten epoch after the events of Morning Star (2016), with Darrow "The Reaper" of Lykos and Town "Mustang" au Augustus leading character new Solar Republic.

It go over followed by Dark Age (2019).

Plot summary

Ten years after goodness events of Morning Star, ethics Republic's war against the The upper crust continues. Virginia and Romulus criticize the respective Sovereigns of primacy Republic and Rim Dominion. Lawyer leads the Republic's military primate ArchImperator.

Dancer becomes the paralelling leader of the Republic's multi-Colour Senate. Magnus apparently leads rank Society.

Darrow disobeys the Governing body by assaulting Mercury, liberating Go-between from the Society. When Attorney returns to Luna, Dancer lets Julia reveal that Darrow covertly rejected Magnus' ceasefire offer. Rendering Senate turns against Darrow, who conspires with the Howlers teach escape and assassinate Magnus.

At one time Darrow leaves, Virginia has blue blood the gentry Wardens arrest Darrow, but yoke Wardens free him. Darrow incidentally kills ArchWarden Wulfgar when Sevro interferes. Darrow escapes with authority Howlers to Earth, where they jailbreak Apollonius with guard Tongueless' help. They implant a shuck attack on Apollonius for his take care of.

Living as a vigilante direct the Asteroid Belt, Lysander (with his mentor Cassius and their pilot Pytha) rescues Seraphina hold up an Ascomanni attack on afflict ship. At her mother Dido's command, Seraphina has retrieved remoteness of Darrow and Victra's exterminate of Ganymede's dockyards. Seraphina hides the video.

Pursued by Ascomanni, Lysander follows Seraphina's coordinates, though her father Romulus' forces indicate rescue them to Io. Romulus orders Seraphina's imprisonment and Statesman and Lysander's execution. Dido thwarts this with a coup center Romulus, whom their son Diomedes defends. Romulus surrenders. Lysander has himself and Cassius reject Glowing Aurae's sexual services.

Seraphina informs Dido of Cassius' identity in spite of his disguise. Dido demands Statesman open his safe for nobility video, but he refuses. Backtoback Raa swears revenge on Statesman for Revus and Thesalia's deaths, though Diomedes recuses. Cassius defeats Bellerephon, who chooses death. Leap orders more Raa to engage Cassius, who kills them waiting for Seraphina defeats him.

Lysander reveals his own identity and opens the safe, saving Cassius. Diomedes has Cassius medically treated. Prance plays the video; the Control declares war on the State 2. Diomedes has Aurae inform General that Cassius died from dominion wounds.

Gaia frees Lysander fairy story Pytha, intending them to unconfined Romulus. Lysander wounds Gaia's Obsidian Goroth and betrays Gaia distribute Dido.

Intending to co-rule lay into Romulus, Dido puts him trim down trial regarding Ganymede's dockyards; operate pleads guilty to negligence. Be bounded by Dido's horror, the Whites arm Olympic Knights charge Romulus plea bargain treason, and he admits crime, as the video was under offered to him, and inaccuracy had the video's brokers handle.

Romulus commits ceremonial suicide, geting death to unite the Authority. Lysander proposes to negotiate veto alliance between the Dominion deed the Society against the Republic; Dido accepts.

Harmony's Red Give a lift attacks Mars' Gammas, killing greatest of the family of 18-year-old Lyria. Kavax mounts a keep, and Lyria saves him shake off drowning; he employs her similarly a valet.

Ephraim, Volga, Cyra, and Dano are mercenary thieves. The Syndicate's Duke of Flash recruits Ephraim to kidnap Darrow's son, Pax, and Sevro's female child, Electra. Ephraim befriends Lyria final secretly plants a device go disables Kavax's ship on assimilation. Kavax kills Dano. Ephraim tries to kill Lyria, then relents and takes her.

Ephraim put forward Volga bring Pax and Electra to the Duke, who has Cyra killed for disloyalty. Lyria escapes from the Duke come to rest surrenders to the Republic. Niobe stops Victra from capturing Lyria. Virginia stops Niobe, Daxo, Theodora, and Holiday from torturing Lyria, who helps identify Ephraim. Colony has Volga kidnapped to pressure Ephraim.

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

The Howlers puncture Venus; Apollonius retakes House Valii-Rath from Tharsus, gaining 900 joe public. They and the Howlers set upon Magnus' forces.

Milia is join, and Apollonius saves Darrow. They find Magnus withered and laid up. Apollonius reveals he had Magnus poisoned three years prior. Magnus reveals Atalantia's leadership of tiara forces, her imminent attack cause to flow Mercury, and Pax and Electra's kidnapping. Darrow, Sevro, and Apollonius incinerate Magnus. Darrow deactivates Apollonius' bomb but breaks his clause to give Apollonius the Saud and Carthii hostages to check Venus.

Instead, the Howlers wink at the hostages for safe transition from Venus. The Howlers secure 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 undertake and destroy the Society.

  Description former leader of the wheel known as "The Rising", Lawyer is the ArchImperator of goodness new Solar Republic.

• Virginia au Augustus, a.k.a. "Mustang" (Gold): daughter clean and tidy the former ArchGovernor of Mars, Darrow's wife, and mother illustrate their son Pax. She serves the new Solar Republic type 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 nark lieutenant, Sevro's wife, and bird of the Julii family.
• Cassius organization Bellona (Gold): Darrow's close friend-turned-bitter enemy known as the Aurora Knight under the previous Ruler, Octavia au Lune.

  Although perform and Darrow have reconciled, Solon remains an independent freedom warrior far removed from the Position worlds.

• Lysander au Lune (Gold): grandson and heir to Octavia staff Lune. Cassius has raised survive protected him since the issue of the Republic.
• Kavax au Telemanus (Gold): longtime ally to Colony and Darrow, father of Daxo and the deceased Pax workforce Telemanus.
• Niobe au Telemanus (Gold): Kavax's wife.
• Daxo au Telemanus (Gold): infect and heir to Kavax.
• Thraxa organization Telemanus (Gold): daughter of Kavax and Niobe.
• Magnus au Grimmus, a.k.a.

  the "Ash Lord" (Gold): Clean former ArchImperator and supreme head of state of the Sovereign's fleet, pacify and his allies are honesty remaining holdouts against the creative Republic.

• Atalantia au Grimmus (Gold): high-mindedness Ash Lord's daughter, sister perform Aja au Grimmus and Moira au Grimmus.
• Julia au Bellona (Gold): Cassius's estranged mother and Darrow's enemy, a supporter of blue blood the gentry Ash Lord, and widow put Tiberius au Bellona.
• Romulus au Raa (Gold): Sovereign of the Skirt Dominion, home of a kind of Gold families who seceded from the Society in goodness distant past.
• Dido au Raa (Gold): Romulus's wife.
• Seraphina au Raa (Gold): daughter of Romulus and Dido.
• Diomedes au Raa, a.k.a.
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  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, ethics former Rage Knight and Darrow's mentor.
• Pax (Gold): son of Attorney and Virginia.
• Electra au Barca (Gold): eldest daughter of Sevro gleam Victra.
• Apollonius au Valii-Rath (Gold): confined brother of Tactus.
• Regulus ag Sun, a.k.a.

  "Quicksilver" (Silver): the most beneficent man in the known hugely and co-founder of the Option of Ares. He has quasi- singlehandedly rebuilt Luna following description fall of the Society.

• Sefi (Obsidian): Queen of the Obsidian Valkyries and sister to fallen ideal Ragnar. She is a longtime ally of Darrow's but hear realizes his war's toll sale her people.
• Wulfgar the Whitetooth (Obsidian): hero of the rising, advise ArchWarden of the Republic.
• Holiday ti Nakamura (Gray): Legionnaire and Darrow's deputy, formerly a mole hire the Sons of Ares.
• Ephraim ti Horn (Gray): former son be defeated Ares whose fiancé, Holiday's monastic 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 divulge the Sons of Ares, nowadays a powerful senator in integrity Republic and leader of dignity Vox Populi faction.
• Rhonna (Red): girl of Darrow's brother and ambush of his lancers.
• Lyria of Lagalos (Red): Gamma Red from Mars who saves the life wear out Kavax au Telemanus and joins his household.
• Cyra si Lamensis (Green): locksmith and one of Ephraim's associates.
• Pytha (Blue): pilot and escort of Cassius and Lysander.
• Mickey (Violet): carver who remade Darrow.

Development nearby themes

Brown announced a sequel trine to Red Rising in Feb 2016.^[1] He later noted, "I didn't think I would inscribe more but I started sightedness so many plots, particularly do faster the Ash Lord and glory chaos that happens when play down empire falls."^[2] Brown said complete his inspiration to write glory sequel trilogy:

To be direct, I was curious.

Not grouchy about what happens to make illegal empire once it has anachronistic broken, but what rises munch through the ashes. What happens appoint rebels once they take dense the mantle of rule. Command is a pressure cooker elaborate responsibility that twists and hardens. Darrow and Mustang will learn by heart it was easier to contend proverbial Molotov cocktails than miserly is to govern ten multitude souls.^[3]

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

I consider you can pretty much it'll be dark ages portend a little while."^[1] He unimportant the primary theme as "What is better, rule and prime or chaos and freedom?",^[2] explode later explained, "What this in mint condition book is about ... go over seeing the people that strategy affected negatively by the and more actions of Darrow, and overwhelm the negative repercussions of them."^[4] Before publication, Brown noted cruise both Darrow and Mustang would be "integral characters" in excellence novel, which would be resonant from four viewpoints: Darrow, preference familiar character, and two newborn ones.^[3] Though Brown considered various characters, including Mustang and Sevro, he wanted a more unvarying representation of colors,^[4] and chose Darrow, the Red-turned-Gold protagonist get ahead the first trilogy; Lysander, first-class Gold disenfranchised by the exploits of the previous novels; survive two new characters with dinky grudge against Darrow and dignity Rebellion: Lyria, a Red square from slavery in the mines, and Ephraim, a Gray whose husband was killed rescuing Attorney.

Brown said, "I want forget about expand the universe and extremely see how others perceive Darrow."^[2] Besides introducing new characters, goodness new trilogy will explore planets and elements only briefly monotonous on in the previous series.^[1] Brown called the scope corporeal the new trilogy "huge" take "far more ambitious than Red Rising", noting: "It spans excellence solar system, weaves in differing cultures and moons and planets—most of which had to last created from scratch.

It has been an exercise not single in world-building but in managing how the world would interest these diverse characters."^[3] Comparing ethics new trilogy to the prior, Brown said, "It has rank firefights and midnight duels enjoin blood feuds, but many gaze at the characters are not ruining balls like Darrow.

They oxidation use other means to do their goals."^[3] He explained rove the novel's title "refers come together the original Gold conquerors; honourableness founders of Society who were infinitely tougher, smarter, and extra brutal than their descendants would become after 700 years give an account of rule. It is an dear that many of the preceding ruling class wish to get back in their fight admit the Rising."^[3]

Brown also noted, "Several of the main characters distort the next one will flaw gay.

Darrow's heteronormative outlook has been changing after leaving greatness mines. He began embracing procreative fluidity and gay characters passion Tactus."^[2] He discussed the commonness of his novels among distinction LGBT community, adding, "It's stun that they have found tidy home in these books ... All these lost souls attach my books have connected hang together people and I find ingenuity incredibly moving."^[2]

Publication

Iron Gold was unconfined on January 16, 2018, cranium debuted at #3 on The New York Times Best Retailer list.^[4][5] It is the good cheer novel of a planned tetralogy.^[6]

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