“RED RISING” by Pierce Brown

The future world, imagined by Pierce Brown in his all three books: “Red rising”, “Golden son”, and “Morning star”, is like this:

1. the people will be able to live on Mars (so, all the talks that we have right now are going to be real in the future)
2. on Mars is still going to be a caste system, and the names are: Red, Gold…but the differences are obviously: Gold is much, much better than Red

The discourse of the President from the future world, who tries to encourage the Reds to do the hard work on Mars, sounds very familiar to me. Especially the words: Obedience, Sacrifice, Hierarchy…

“Since the dawn of man, our saga as a species has been one of tribal warfare. It has been one of trial, one of sacrifice, one of daring to defy nature’s natural limits. Now, through duty and obedience, we are united, but our struggle is no different. Sons and daughters of all Colors, we are asked to sacrifice again.”

“You brave Red pioneers of Mars- strongest of the human breed- sacrifice for progress, sacrifice to pave the way for the future. Your lives, your blood, are down payment for the immortality of the human race as we move beyond Earth and Moon. You go where we could not. You suffer so the others do not.”

“I salute you. I love you. The helium-3 that you mine is the life blood of the terraforming process. Soon the red planet will have breathable air, lovable soil. And soon, when Mars is habitable, when you brave pioneers have made ready the red planet for us softer Colors, we will join you and you will be held in highest esteem beneath the sky your toil created. Your sweat and blood fuels the terraforming!”

“Brave pioneers, always remember that obedience is the highest virtue. Above all, obedience, respect, sacrifice, hierarchy…”

Kindle, 2015, 2016