Light Bringer

The saga of Darrow, The Reaper, continues in Light Bringer and it proves to be another great installment in the Red Rising series. The book begins where we left off in Dark Age with Darrow defeated, his legions lost, and his spirit broken. All the characters left surviving at the end of Dark Age return in this installment and most of the story this time centers around Darrow mending relationships he destroyed in that previous book.

To be honest, the book was a bit of a slog for the first few chapters but once the story gets going it becomes a page turner. The book ends with a satisfying conclusion to its core story arc and because it wraps up with a cliff hanger looming threat, I assume there are more installments planned for the Red Rising series. Just like all the previous books in the series it is well written and has a solid plot.

If you enjoy heroes journey stories or epic space opera, I strongly advise giving the Red Rising series a try. Light Bringer is not a standalone novel but the sixth book in a series, so make sure to read the earlier books beforehand or nothing will make any sense. All said, I eagerly await the next installment in the Red Rising series.