Fawbish
Sr Member
Anyone tried these stories out yet?
I didn't know what to expect really, but I was hooked after a few chapters. Now nearing the end of ~60 hours audiobooks (trilogy) and what a fantastic experience so far. Mild spoilers (ie. blurb) ahead.
Basic premise is that ~800 years into humanities future, humanity has become a "colour" caste based group and owns the stars. Reds are the miners, the lowest of the low. The hardiest and most daring miners are called Helldivers. We pick up the story with a guy called Darrow, who is a Helldiver, and his wife Eo. They have incredibly short life expectancy so he is married and in love at 16 years old. Eventually Darrow becomes "carved" into a Gold to infiltrate "the society" which is based in slavery and fear to better function for greater good (the fact you sometimes question if what he is doing is the right thing is fantastic in itself).
The various colours of humanity define position and privilege upto being Gold - the mightiest and most advanced "race" in the caste.
It isn't straightforward and yet its a wonderfully simple idea. It isn't cliche and yet it follows certain tropes and makes them feel fresh.
One of the best trilogies I've ever consumed so far, and I haven't finished it yet.
If they made it into a TV show, it would be a mixture of Game of Thrones (especially in Book 1) meets The Expanse (I haven't seen a ton of the Expanse but it feels about right). With a dash of heroics, societal politics and an awesome cast of characters. :thumbsup
Don't get me wrong - I don't think they are instant classics. But I do believe they inhabit the same space as "Hunger Games" and the like...and yet are far superior (IMO) - even though the Hunger Games films are not really that bad either.
I didn't know what to expect really, but I was hooked after a few chapters. Now nearing the end of ~60 hours audiobooks (trilogy) and what a fantastic experience so far. Mild spoilers (ie. blurb) ahead.
Basic premise is that ~800 years into humanities future, humanity has become a "colour" caste based group and owns the stars. Reds are the miners, the lowest of the low. The hardiest and most daring miners are called Helldivers. We pick up the story with a guy called Darrow, who is a Helldiver, and his wife Eo. They have incredibly short life expectancy so he is married and in love at 16 years old. Eventually Darrow becomes "carved" into a Gold to infiltrate "the society" which is based in slavery and fear to better function for greater good (the fact you sometimes question if what he is doing is the right thing is fantastic in itself).
The various colours of humanity define position and privilege upto being Gold - the mightiest and most advanced "race" in the caste.
It isn't straightforward and yet its a wonderfully simple idea. It isn't cliche and yet it follows certain tropes and makes them feel fresh.
One of the best trilogies I've ever consumed so far, and I haven't finished it yet.
If they made it into a TV show, it would be a mixture of Game of Thrones (especially in Book 1) meets The Expanse (I haven't seen a ton of the Expanse but it feels about right). With a dash of heroics, societal politics and an awesome cast of characters. :thumbsup
Don't get me wrong - I don't think they are instant classics. But I do believe they inhabit the same space as "Hunger Games" and the like...and yet are far superior (IMO) - even though the Hunger Games films are not really that bad either.
