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u/xedre · 3 pointsr/redrising

It the eighth book of "The Expanse" series. It is set in a somewhat similar place to the expanse (in that it is in our solar system and not much beyond that).


Here's a little summary:

There are 3 major factions known to us at the start of the books: 

UN (United Nations): after the complete climate breakdown, Earth's nations came together under the UN 30 Billion people now live on Earth (half of which aren't employed). The UN's general theme is quantity over quality.


MCR (Martian Congressional Republic): declared there independence from Earth. Earth didn't that very much. War begin. Took a while due to travel the long distance. Martian invents much better engine. Peace deal signed drive tech in exchange for independence. 4 billion people live here. The MCR general theme is quality over quantity.


Then there is the belters/OPA/whatever. Belter ≠ OPA maybe... 


The main cast of the books is an Earther living in the belt on an ice hauler, a belter detective on ceres, a Martian in the Martian navy (MCRN) and the 3rd in command of the UN.


Some Alien tech may get involved too ( though in what I have read books 1-7 no alien species actually appear)


Overall the world building is one of the best if not the best. The writing is good too. 100% recommend if you like Red Rising. Honestly speaking I prefer it to Red riding probably due to the better grasp of scale and world building.


Another series you may like, if you like fantasy/magic, is the Wheel of Time series. The whole series is finished and the only reason it places third is because I want to read the next book yet I know there isn't one :(


Links to the first book in each series on Amazon:

The Expanse:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004XCGKYQ/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_b004xcgkyq

The Wheel of Time:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eye-World-Book-Wheel-Time/dp/0356503828/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+wheel+of+time&qid=1573661283&sprefix=the+wheel+&sr=8-1



PS with the wheel of time I would recommend you read the prologue first although most would recommend after book 9. I found it really interesting doing it this way and sets a really nice setup for Book 1 


Link :  https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spring-Wheel-Time-Prequel/dp/0356504751/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=the+wheel+of+time&pd_rd_i=0356504751&pd_rd_r=651274d1-1651-4a09-800e-bcc7c0d725ee&pd_rd_w=95O2g&pd_rd_wg=aLnse&pf_rd_p=c9566dce-64ef-4e15-9209-bbcc6788c268&pf_rd_r=HMKSGJC589422JAS2SR0&qid=1573661408&sprefix=the+wheel+

u/Hes_A_Fast_Cat · 3 pointsr/redrising

The Night Angel Trilogy. You can buy it pretty cheap in one big book here - https://www.amazon.com/Night-Angel-Complete-Trilogy/dp/0316201286/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488307839&sr=8-1&keywords=night+angel+trilogy

I came to RR after I finished NAT. IMO it's the perfect fit for RR fans.

It's not sci-fi, it's fantasy (think GoT but a bit more magic, less politics, less dragons, much more action), and MUCH darker than RR. Like, quite a bit.

Many of the themes are the extremely similar in the book - starting from a nobody, transforming into a hero with the help of others, infiltrating a "higher society" than your birth right, scaling out to focus on bigger scopes of the world with each book, etc.

I will say that RR is faster paced and has more action overall, but NAT goes deeper into the characters getting very dark at times. In RR you feel like you're friends with a lot of the Howlers. In NAT you get to know characters inside and out, so your feelings towards a character will change over time and are often conflicted.

Both are among my favorite fiction series.

u/aussie828 · 25 pointsr/redrising

I think you'd like the "Arc of a Scythe" series.. They're quite magnificent and engaging. Book 1 is "Scythe" and book 2 is "Thunderhead." Book 3 is "The Toll" and releases at the beginning of November.

u/SamuelJokers · 1 pointr/redrising

Well if you're looking for another long book about a larger-than-life military genius who rises to the top of a revolution then you can't go wrong with this: https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Life-Andrew-Roberts/dp/0670025321/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Seriously, though, not a novel, but it is a brilliant book.

u/45rpmadapter · 2 pointsr/redrising

About originality, I just listened to a 1939 writing by Arthur C Clark titled "Reverie" that talks about exactly this, directed towards scifi authors. It is a great listen.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K0B8VKY

I am excited for Golden Son.

u/gauderio · 1 pointr/redrising

By the way, if you start liking historical fiction there are many others as well. Noah Gordon's The Physician is a classic.

u/Knifoon_ · 3 pointsr/redrising

Try out The Legend of Zero Series. I'm reading it now and it gives off some Red Rising vibes. Here's the Amazon book summary:



First Contact didn't go as expected. Now they own us.

Earth has been conquered by a massive galactic empire, and its war machine needs soldiers. In a cruel twist of fate, fourteen-year-old Joe Dobbs accidentally ends up on a ship carrying Earth's children to an alien training planet. To make it out alive, he must survive an apathetic bureaucracy that sees humans as little more than spare rations. Meat with guns. Or, if they're really unlucky, servants.

The oldest of the children drafted from humanity’s devastated planet, Joe unwittingly becomes the centerpiece in a millennia-long alien struggle for independence. Once his training begins, one of the elusive and prophetic Trith gives Joe a spine chilling prophecy that the universe has been anticipating for millions of years: Joe will be the one to finally shatter the vast alien government known as Congress. And the Trith cannot lie.…

But first Joe has to make it through boot camp.

For lovers of sci-fi thrillers, alien invasion stories, space opera, and sprawling first contact science fiction, this is an unforgettable post-apocalyptic epic about perseverance and survival in a harsh new world where humanity is just another item on the menu...