Iron Gold (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation)

Red Rising, Book 4

By: Pierce Brown

Narrated by: Christopher Tester, Jenna Sharpe, Alex Hill-Knight, Elena Anderson, Todd Scofield, Richard Rohan, Melody Muze, Jon Vertullo, Eva Wilhelm, John Kielty, Stewart Crank, Full Cast

They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.

A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom, it has brought endless war. Now he must risk all he has fought for on one last desperate mission. Darrow still believes he can save everyone, but can he save himself?

And throughout the worlds, other destinies entwine with Darrow’s to change his fate forever:

A young Red girl flees tragedy in her refugee camp, and achieves for herself a new life she could never have imagined.

An ex-soldier broken by grief is forced to steal the most valuable thing in the galaxy–or pay with his life.

And Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile to the Sovereign, wanders the stars with his mentor, Cassius, haunted by the loss of the world that Darrow transformed, and dreaming of what will rise from its ashes.

Red Rising was the story of the end of one universe. Iron Gold is the story of the creation of a new one. Witness the beginning of a stunning new saga of tragedy and triumph from masterly New York Times bestselling author Pierce Brown.

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

Performed by Stewart Crank, Alex Hill-Knight, Elena Anderson, Christopher Tester, Jenna Sharpe, John Kielty, Todd Scofield, Richard Rohan, Jon Vertullo, Eva Wilhelm, Melody Muze, Jeff Baker, Damon Alums, Lise Bruneau, Danny Gavigan, Rayner Gabriel, Matthew Schleigh, Eric Messner, Michael John Casey, Nathaniel Priestly, Drew Kopas, Carolyn Kashner, Elizabeth Jernigan, Su Ling Chan, Nora Achrati, Jessica Schly, Tia Shearer, Robb Moreira, Marni Penning, Peter Stanley, Robert Bayley, Andy Brownstein, Rana Kay, Christopher Walker, Colleen Delany, Michael Glenn, Nanette Savard, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Laura C. Harris, Scott McCormick, Bradley Foster Smith, Crystal Lee, and Kimberly Gilbert.

©2018 Pierce Brown (P)2025 Graphic Audio LLC

Fixes all issues I had with the original audiobook I had with the original audiobook that was created for this book

I tried listening to the regular audible of Iron Gold multiple times and couldn’t ever get through it as I just wasn’t a fan of a couple of the narrators and didn’t want the story to be ruined. However, ALL of the narrators in this Graphic Audio do an incredible job! It really does fix all the issues I had with the original audiobook.

★★★★★ | Iron Gold (GraphicAudio Edition)

Pierce Brown promised a “second blood dawn,” and GraphicAudio delivers it in Dolby Atmos. Ten years after Morning Star, the victory lap is over; Iron Gold hurls us face-first into the backlash of revolution.

What floored me
• Four POVs, zero dead weight. Darrow’s war-god burnout, Lysander’s aristocratic whiplash, Lyria’s ground-level rage, and Ephraim’s cynical heist weave into a single fuse that you can hear sparking in every scene.
• GraphicAudio’s soundscape. From the Senate chamber’s echo to the hull-rattle of the White Fleet, the mix makes space combat feel claustrophobic and street skirmishes feel operatic. Thomas Penny (Darrow) and Moira Quirk (Lyria) anchor the cast, but the chorus of Obsidians chanting on Mercury is goose-flesh good.
• Moral recoil. Brown forces Darrow to look in the mirror the Ash Lord holds up—“destroyer of civilizations often resembles its founders”—and I caught myself asking the same question: are we watching a hero or the next tyrant?

Small cautions
• Cliff-hangers everywhere—if you don’t have nerves (or credits) for Dark Age, brace yourself.
• The POV jumps are ruthless; keep the Dramatis Personae handy your first time through.

Bottom line
Iron Gold isn’t a victory lap; it’s the invoice for a revolution, itemized in blood and debris. GraphicAudio turns that invoice into a cinematic indictment you can’t ignore. If you thought the Rising ended with freedom, think again—this is where the bill comes due, and it sounds spectacular.

(Will be replaying “The Mercury Drop” chapter every time I need an adrenaline shot until Part 1 of Dark Age lands next August.)

Amazing

the way he all the stories of the characters pops come together is amazing I was worried at 1st since it was always the reaper pov but the way it was incorporated was absolute peak and the ending have me a since of nostalgia of what's to come for the next dramatized adaptation book

Great story lines

I enjoyed everything about the story. The characters were good at first I was a little lost, but I enjoyed the multiple POVs in the story.

More a review of graphic audio

Let me first start with saying the series is amazing. I’ve read them hard copy, I listened to the first audiobooks, and now I’ve listened to them performed by graphic audio. Really pierce, your numbers may be a touch skewed due to folks like me. Regardless, I have to say it’s worth every extra cent and extra moment of wait time to hear this story performed by these masterful orators!

LOVE these adaptations

I follow so much better with these adaptations and catch things I missed in the regular. Like, a lot of things (which I know is on me). Dialogue and story line is so much easier to follow. Plus the cast does a phenomenal job. Only buying these going forward on the series.

Book is phenomenal too. Pierce Brown did an amazing job