Red Rising: Sons of Ares

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Red Rising: Sons of Ares
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Issue #1 cover (May 2017)
Publication information
Publisher Dynamite Entertainment
Genre
Publication dateMay – October 2017
No. of issues6
Creative team
Written by Pierce Brown
Rik Hoskin
Artist(s)Eli Powell
Editor(s)Joe Rybandt

Red Rising: Sons of Ares is a six-issue comic book series published by Dynamite Entertainment in 2017. A prequel to the Red Rising science fiction series by Pierce Brown, it was written by Brown and Rik Hoskin, with art by Eli Powell. The series explores the origins of the rebel group "Sons of Ares" from Brown's Red Rising novels.

Contents

Plot

In a future where the all-powerful Golds rule the universe at the expense of the lower castes, the course of history is changed when one of their number falls in love with a baseborn Red. [1] [2]

Background

Sons of Ares takes place before the events of Brown's Red Rising novels. [1] [2] Hoskin said of the series:

I've worked closely with Pierce to create something that's true to those books, but also feels unique and new. Like the books, ours is a fast-moving story set right across the vast canvas of the freshly-colonized solar system. We're exploring the effects that the inflexible regime has on an individual who's a key figure from the books, looking at the limits of humanity in a dehumanizing system. For me, that's the key to the books—the very human characters striving against a system geared to beating them down. It's harsh, cruel, unfair and—occasionally—uplifting. [1] [2]

Brown said, "It's a dream come true to bring the world of Red Rising to comic books, and a real pleasure Jedi-mind melding with Rik in the writing process. Sons of Ares is a story made for new and veteran readers alike." [1] [2]

Publication

Dynamite and Brown announced the Red Rising prequel comic series in July 2016. [3] [4] Brown explained, "It takes place before Darrow’s story begins. It's about the founding of the Sons of Ares and how they began to destroy the society from within." The entire six-issue series was published during 2017. [5]

Collected editions

Red Rising: Sons of Ares

TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares – An Original Graphic NovelRed Rising: Sons of Ares #1-6March 2018
August 2019
HC: 978-1524104924
SC: 978-1524111465
Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares – Volume Two: WrathRed Rising: Sons of Ares #7-12February 2020HC: 978-1524112073
Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares – Volume Three: Forbidden Song Red Rising: Sons of Ares #13-18April 2023HC: 978-1524123512

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