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Morning Star (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)

Red Rising Saga, Book 3

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Morning Star (2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)

By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Andrew James Spooner, Julie-Ann Elliott, Jenna Sharpe, John Kielty, Stewart Crank, Kay Eluvian, Nhea Durousseau, Jon Vertullo, Andy Brownstein, Jeff Baker, full cast, Karen Novak
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled listeners and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Finally, the time has come.

But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.

Performed by Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Kay Eluvian, Jon Vertullo, John Kielty, Julie-Ann Elliott, Karen Novak, Jeff Baker, Nhea Durrosseau, Andrew James Spooner, Andy Brownstein, Andy Clemence, Bradley Foster Smith, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, Elena Anderson, Ian Putnam, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Lucy Symons, Marni Penning, Martin Dickinson, Matthew Bassett, Melody Muze, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Peter Stanley, Richard Rohan, Shanta Parasuraman, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Todd Scofield, Yasmin Tuazon.

©2016 Pierce Brown (P)2024 Graphic Audio LLC
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What an amazing book. And what an amazing adaptation. The voices, the hurt, the joy. Touched my soul. Thank you.

Excellent story

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This book break me. felt like i lost all my friends in ome book.

Game Of Throne but in Space

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This is one of the greatest pieces of media I have ever ingested, can’t wait to have the rest

…….but my enemies brought me war……

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But slow in places, a lot of battle scenes, predictable in lots of places. I feel like the characters lacked any kinda of real development in this book and that instead was replaced with more fight scenes which I think was a shame as the first two books had a lot more twists and turns.

Not my personal favourite out of the series so far.

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Wow. Just... wow. I'm not sure I quite have the words to describe how good this book is, but I'll try. It's powerful, beautiful, terrifying, gut-wrenching, devastating and... well, it's perfect. I threw a temper tantrum, went through the five stages of grief, rejoiced, melted a little bit and, despite the absolute trauma of it all, I would do it again in a heartbeat! It also came this close 🤏🏻 to making me cry. Which I have NEVER done because of a book.

This is where listening to the Graphic Audio pays dividends in spades. I'm 99% sure I would have had the same reactions to this story if I had eyeball read it, but the acting of the entire ensemble cast here just turns the effect of every single beat of every single scene up to eleven. Every second is pitched so it skewers you right in the feels, and you are left with your jaw on the floor at every turn.

The pacing is fast; very little time for you to catch your breath in this one! But in this case, again, having the timing of my read forcibly slowed by listening to the audio meant that I could savour each joyous moment and lament each sad one properly. It also means there is a stretch that was absolute TORTURE to get through (in the best way!), but I was able to pick up on subtle cues within the narrative that I probably would have missed otherwise, which gave me cause to hope, pray, beg and plead that all was not as it seemed... Was it? You'll just have to read and find out...

I still can't help but see the various warcraft as Star Destroyers and from Star Wars, and there were some definite 'Emperor Palpatine' vibes coming from one particular character! In other places too, imagery of the SW universe made a very good reference point for my brain. Although I appreciate it's not necessarily fair to equate these books with that behemoth of a series, those visuals really helped with certain elements of my understanding.

There was only one moment in listening to this one where I lost the thread and had to go back. Ultimately that was down to a lapse in concentration on my part while being distracted by chores, but overall this keeps you engaged from beginning to end. You just don't want to stop listening/reading, and if I could have listened to it all in one sitting I absolutely would have done so.

I may take a brief break from this series to recover my wits, as this first trilogy does close out on a nice 'wrapped up' ending. But I already have the next one ready and waiting in my Audible library, so I think a palette cleanser audio will be sufficient before I jump into book 4!

Seriously, this series just gets better with every book. And this one is a masterpiece.

Wow. Just... wow.

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