Light Bringer

After losing Mercury, Darrow hides out with what's left of his army. Lysander becomes the Golds' hero, defies Atalantia and takes the war to Mars, where he strikes Phobos. Darrow heads into the Belt after Quicksilver and finds a generation ship carrying children out of the Solar System. Around Jupiter, Volsung Fá ravages Io and enslaves its people. Darrow beats him in a duel, and Volga becomes queen of the Obsidians. Lysander and Cassius kill Atlas, then clash over a bioweapon that can kill any Color, and Lysander kills Cassius. In the end, Lysander devastates Io and pulls back to the Core. The Republic, the Rim, the Daughters of Athena and the Obsidians join forces and head for Mars.

1. Behind the scenesA four-year wait

   Dark Age came out in July 2019 and Light Bringer not until July 2023, the longest wait in the series up to then.

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2. Behind the scenesWorth the wait

   It hit No. 2 on the New York Times hardcover list, placed second in the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards for science fiction and made Barnes & Noble's best-of-the-year list.

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3. ReferenceWhere the title comes from

   Lightbringer is the name Lysander gives the Morning Star, Darrow's old flagship.

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4. ReferenceOne more to go

   The next and final book of this phase is Red God. As of March 2026, Brown was still writing it, with the manuscript past 1,000 pages, and there's no release date.

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