Synopsis

AsaRed,DarrowgrewupworkingtheminesdeepbeneaththesurfaceofMars,enduringbackbreakinglaborwhiledreamingofthebetterfuturehewasbuildingforhisdescendants.ButtheSocietyhefaithfullyservedwasbuiltonlies.Darrow’skindhavebeenbetrayedanddeniedbytheirelitistmasters,theGolds—andtheironlypathtoliberationisrevolution.AndsoDarrowsacrificeshimselfinthenameofthegreatergoodforwhichEo,histrueloveandinspiration,laiddownherownlife.HebecomesaGold,infiltratingtheirprivilegedrealmsothathecandestroyitfromwithin.

Alambamongwolvesinacruelworld,Darrowfindsfriendship,respect,andevenlove—butalsothewrathofpowerfulrivals.Towageandwinthewarthatwillchangehumankind’sdestiny,Darrowmustconfrontthetreacheryarrayedagainsthim,overcomehisall-too-humandesireforretribution—andstrivenotforviolentrevoltbutahopefulrebirth.Thoughtheroadaheadisfraughtwithdangeranddeceit,DarrowmustchoosetofollowEo’sprinciplesofloveandjusticetofreehispeople.

Hemustliveformore.