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Dark Age Cycle · ten years after Morning Star

Iron Gold

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Ten years later, the war drags on and the story gets four narrators from different castes. The saga's second phase begins

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Quick recap

Ten years later, Virginia's Solar Republic is still fighting what's left of the Society. Darrow defies the Senate to free Mercury and goes on the run with the Howlers. New voices join: Lyria, a Red refugee who ends up serving House Telemanus on Mars; Ephraim, a thief hired for a kidnapping; and Lysander, the old Sovereign's grandson, living with Cassius at the edge of the system. Darrow's and Sevro's children are kidnapped. On Venus, the Howlers kill the Ash Lord, then learn Atalantia is planning a massacre on Mercury. Darrow chooses Mercury over his children, and Sevro walks away. Lysander brings the Rim Dominion and the Society's remnants together against the Republic.

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  1. Behind the scenesThere weren't supposed to be more

    Brown hadn't planned more books, but he saw plenty of story in the chaos after an empire falls, especially around the Ash Lord.

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  2. Behind the scenesThe book's question

    The theme, in Brown's words: "What is better, rule and order or chaos and freedom?"

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  3. ReferenceFour voices

    The trilogy was all Darrow. Here Lysander, Lyria and Ephraim join in, because Brown wanted more castes to have a voice.

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  4. ReferenceIron Gold

    The title refers to the original Gold conquerors, whom Brown describes as tougher and more brutal than their descendants.

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  5. Behind the scenesBest-seller debut

    It debuted at No. 3 on the New York Times best-seller list.

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