4.4
1 of 6
Fantasy & SciFi
Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."-- Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott Card. " I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. " That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." " I live for you," I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. " Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow-- and Reds like him-- are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity' s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society' s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
© 2014 Recorded Books, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781470380281
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 februari 2014
4.4
1 of 6
Fantasy & SciFi
Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."-- Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott Card. " I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. " That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." " I live for you," I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. " Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow-- and Reds like him-- are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity' s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society' s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
© 2014 Recorded Books, Inc. (Luisterboek): 9781470380281
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 februari 2014
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Rosemarie
19 jan 2021
Zeker de moeite om te lezen. Een aanrader voor lezers die vroeger The Hunger games leuk vonden.
Caitlin
9 nov 2021
Absolutely stunning.A tale as old as time woven intricately in the past and future and back again. Amazing tactics, gory battles, friendships and hatred so well told at times I gasped.
Kuno
17 mei 2023
Wat stroef begin.. maar de moeite waard om door heen te gaan en dan te genieten van het tweede deel (en de delen die volgen) want dan smaakt het ook naar meer. 👍🏼
Leander
15 sep 2021
Spannend en heel veel vette actie maar de hoofdpersoon heeft het een beetje te makkelijk na het eerste deel.
Deon
4 dec 2021
Incredible, awesome book
Steef
26 apr 2021
Dit luisterboek is zeer goed verteld, een echte performance. Het verhaal is in het begin cliché, en ik vond er nog niet veel van. Gaandeweg ben je steeds meer involved en kun je niet meer stoppen. Briljant. Mooie plot wisselingen. Dit boek staat aangeschreven als één van de meest gedetailleerde game experience novels. Dus als (board) gamer is dit nog een grotere aanrader! Emerge in it!
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