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Dark Age

By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Moira Quirk, James Langton, Rendah Heywood
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For a decade, Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place?

Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. 

But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance.

On Luna, Mustang, Sovereign of the Republic, campaigns to unite the Republic behind her husband. Beset by political and criminal enemies, can she outwit her opponents in time to save him? 

Once a Red refugee, young Lyria now stands accused of treason, and her only hope is a desperate escape with unlikely new allies. 

Abducted by a new threat to the Republic, Pax and Electra, the children of Darrow and Sevro, must trust in Ephraim, a thief, for their salvation - and Ephraim must look to them for his chance at redemption.

As alliances shift, break, and re-form - and power is seized, lost, and reclaimed - every player is at risk in a game of conquest that could turn the Rising into a new Dark Age.

©2019 Pierce Brown (P)2019 Recorded Books

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Another superb addition to the Red Rising series

Some of the voice actors have changed from the last book but that doesn't detract from the quality of the work. This fleshes out the conflict from Iron Gold and marks an increase in the complexity of the story arc. As always Tim Jerred Reynolds is superb.

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amazing, hard-hitting story

amazing, hard-hitting story that will make you feel a full spectrum of emotions! sci fi has never been so good, or so Gorey!

they have switched the narrators that caused issues with the last book too

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he's done it again!

absolutely loved this book! they just seem to get better and better! narrator's where incredible, tim was on point as usual, the lady who portrayed Mustang was probably the standout for me personally.

all in all a splendid spread! compliments to the chef!

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Another great addition

You get used to the different narrators. Would prefer the one tho. Great story. Entertaining

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Great story

Happy they changed the voice for Leria. The first person was too much. It took me out of the experience

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Too many plots running simultaneously

It was a really messy book. Because it has been a while since the last book the characters had faded in my mind but then they introduce heaps more and run lots of simultaneous plots the result is confusion and a lack of identity with any one character. It also has a very dire vibe with very little to get excited about, I came away vaguely depressed. Looks like it's trying to be a game of thrones copy, but I think it should revert back to why these books have always been great; more hunger games and less game of thrones.

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Brilliant series but Dislike new narrator

Much preferred the previous books narrator. Still a great story but changes the pronoucation of some names which greatly annoyed me. 5 or so books of Ka-se-us turned into some werid cashus which was confusing at a start. Vulgar sounds like a gorilla and Lysander who's supposed to sound like a young man sounds no different from Darrow.

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Waiting for the next audiobook to be released

This book built some interesting alliances and momentum. I now wait for the next to be released.

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A great ride

I was a little worried coming into this novel, as there were some negative reviews. I have to say I quite liked this novel. Probably my favorite of the series - I liked the different characters and their predicaments.

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Nearly Perfect

Incredible book with mutiple plots running which work well togther, despite the fact i would of liked more of Darrow in this book. However, the pronounciation of names between narrators needs to be standardised, and Lysanders narrator needs to have a younger voice to fit the character better imo

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