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Light Bringer

By: Pierce Brown
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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Publisher's summary

Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.

“The measure of a man is not the fear he sows in his enemies. It is the hope he gives his friends.”—Virginia au Augustus

The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains.

But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend.

The worlds once needed the Reaper. But now they need Darrow. Because after the dark age will come a new age: of light, of victory, of hope.

Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga:

RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER

©2023 Pierce Brown (P)2023 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Tim Gerard Reynolds returns with another installment in the rich sci-fi saga Red Rising.... Reynolds's expert performance provides the charisma necessary for many of the diplomatic scenes to work. Fans will rejoice at long-awaited reunions, all performed with care. The dialogue is well paced and delivered with the right amount of emotion. Fans of Red Rising will find Reynolds's delivery just as passionate as the writing. Overall, Reynolds ensures that this installment is another robust addition to the series." (AudioFile; winner of AudioFile Earphones Award)

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Why the change in voice?

Farrows voice change in the beginning was off-putting but about 5-6 hours is a bit better. Great story!

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Another masterpiece!

Another great work by Pierce Brown, only flaw in the audio version is the voices used for the different characters altered slightly from the previous books.

Great story, great addition to the saga.

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Fantastic next entry

Love this series and loved this book. Great story and great characters. Darrow’s internal struggle is very real this one

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One of the best books in the series.

Perfect bounce back from the dark age. This has become one of my favorite sci-fi series of all time.

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Best book in the series

Loved the series, but didn't really like the second half of Dark Age. This book instantly hooked me back and I enjoyed it the whole way through

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Wow

Light Bringer is now my favorite book of the whole series. It’s everything I hoped for after Dark Age.

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Lower quality audio?

TGR was great (as usual) but his microphone or something was worse than his previous recordings in this series.

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Return to Glory

This is by far my favorite of the sequel series. While I appreciated the efforts of the voice ensemble cast for the previous two books, I am relieved that we are back to a single voice actor in Tim Gerard Reynolds.

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Good story, miss the VA’s

The story was overall pretty excellent but I really miss Moira Quirk, James Langton and Rendah Heywood.

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Incredible

One of the best installments into one of the best fiction series.

Tim Gerard Reynolds is Masterful.

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