Red Rising: The Sons of Ares Book #3 review
Red Rising: The Sons of Ares is a prequel series to Pierce Brown’s NYTBS Red Rising Series. It will cover the birth of a rebellion and provide backstory of some integral characters from the original trilogy.
Comic: Red Rising: The Sons of Ares
Story by: Pierce Brown
Script by: Rik Hoskin
Art by: Eli Powell
Color by: Jordan Boyd
Image Courtesy Dynamite Entertainment for Red Rising: The Sons of Ares Book 3
Summary
The Sons of Ares book 3 takes off right where the previous installment left us. Fitchner and his small group of low colors are attempting to escape the scene of their capture and subsequent killing of Varus. Meanwhile, Fitchner has become distracted with his memories of the past.
Fleeing the heartbreak of his betrayal by Arturuis, Fitchner has gone to Triton, one of Saturn’s moons, to act as overseer of its terraforming process.
Triton is a harsh moon and refuses to concede to its terraforming. It’s brutal work and Fitchner is haunted by the evils of the Institute.
Image Courtesy Dynamite Entertainment for Red Rising: The Sons of Ares Book 3
After an earthquake (or I guess Tritonquake) threatens the lives of many low colors, Fitchner risks his own diving into water to save 10 Reds.
Eventually, an explosion takes off his arm and he passes out from the shock.
He is saved by the friends of the Reds who he had saved and wakes up in a hospital room with a new arm growing in place of his old.
During his recovery, Fitchner befriends the Red women, Bryn, who was responsible for saving his life and who had lost a leg in the process. The two fall in love as they help each other recover from their injuries and in the process Fitchner’s emotional injuries begin healing as well.
Eventually, Fitchner’s contract expires and dreading the prospect of living without Bryn, he resolves to bring her with him to the Core. They marry in secret and leave Triton together along with Bryn’s sister Ryanna, who is of course now one of Fitchner’s allies.
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In the present, Ryanna asks if he’s okay and after he tells her that he’d been thinking of her sister, she tells him to clear his head.
Book 3 ends with Cylax a Green, picking up life readings indicating that they are not alone.
Artwork
As someone who isn’t a comic book fan, this series has made me appreciate all of the detail that each page has. It really is incredible the amount of time and effort that’s put in and despite my inexperience, I feel that the artwork in The Sons of Ares is especially detailed and incredible.
The page that shows Triton (featured above) is especially beautiful.
Final Thoughts
Although it is becoming apparent that the actions of the Sons of Ares themselves will remain obscure, getting this look at Fitchner’s backstory has been great.
This book was the softest in tone of the series so far and though it will likely end badly, the love between Fitchner and Bryn was well done.
It’s also important that Fitchner’s view of all colors as just men and women is shown because this is instrumental in the original series.
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I look forward to reading the next installment of The Sons of Ares.