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Red Rising is the thrilling first entry in the Red Rising Saga. Darrow has never seen the sky. He is a Red, a member of the lowly mining caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he willingly spends his life digging underground, believing his sacrifice will make the surface livable for future generations.
Then Darrow makes a horrible discovery. Darrow and the Reds have been betrayed as Humanity actually reached the surface generations ago. The Reds are slaves, in service to a decadent ruling class.
Longing for justice, driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow joins the resistance to destroy society from within.
He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, Darrow will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies, even if he has to become one of them to do it.
The Red Rising Saga now spans six books, with the final book Red God that Pierce is currently writing.
Printed in 4-colour offset lithography on Munken Lynx White Smooth 100gsm by Gomer Press in Llandysul, Wales, this edition comes with a reversible dustjacket featuring art from Marc Simonetti and Joel Daniel Phillips as well as 21 full-colour paintings by Simonetti within the book.
Underneath the jacket, the book itself is quarter-bound and printed with a bas-relief style painting by Phillips onto Wibalin Buckram. It features Darrow’s Hero Arc as if carved on a marble tomb. The spine image design is part of a much larger painting done by Phillips which will go across all books in the planned series.
Both front and back boards are covered in Wibalin Ruby Buckram and hot foil stamped in black and gold. Full-colour endpapers illustrated by Marc Simonetti adorn both the front and back of the book.
The spine is rounded and comes with gold head and tailbands as well as a silky smooth ribbon in red “Passion” by Berisford. The slipcase has been formed out of 3mm thick board and covered with printed buckram. The slipcase design features a photograph of a huge piece of marble we acquired, onto which the red sigils were hand-carved by our master stone carver Nick Roberson. On the spine is another hit of hot foil stamping in gold.
Pre-order Price: £75 (Converted from $100.00)
This release is a preorder and we expect to start shipping the Artist edition Fall of 2026.
deluxe
edition
Printed in two colours on a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress by the master printers at Nomad Letterpress (Cheltenham, UK) on Mohawk Superfine Ultra White 118gsm paper.
Half-bound in black goatskin leather with red metallic hand tooling by the premier handbinders in the UK: Ludlow Bookbinders. The boards are covered in printed marble with elements from Marc Simonetti’s paintings and are finished with a translucent foil stamping to the front cover. Both the front and rear endpapers feature full-color illustrations from Simonetti.
The spine is rounded with 2 hits of hot foil stamping in metallic red and gold. This is matched with the black and red head and tailbands, and comes finished with a sumptuous dark red ribbon. The top edge of the book is hand coloured in grey, white and red.
Surrounding the book is a handmade curved slipcase by Ludlow Bookbinders covered in Wibalin Buckram and featuring a cut out with a Marc Simonetti illustration embedded within and a gold stamped sigil.
Pre-order Price: £570 (Converted from $780.00)
This release is a preorder and we expect to start shipping the Numbered Edition during the Christmas Period 2026.
lettered
edition
Printed in two colours on a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress by the master printers at Nomad Letterpress (Cheltenham, UK) on Liber Charta 115gsm mouldmade paper.
Bradel bound with black harmattan leather on the spine, with cream leather boards and handbound by Ludlow Bookbinders. The boards have 6 pieces of Roxburgh antique burgundy leather onlay and a blind stamped design surrounding.
The spine is rounded with two raised bands with gold hand-tooling on either side. The author name and title are hot foil stamped in red metallic foil with a blind stamped pillar towards the base. We have utilised a red leather head and tailband on the book with a red ribbon, and the pages are gilded in gold on all three sides. The endpapers are handmarbled with a design to accentuate the bindings.
Enclosed in a handmade solander case by Ludlow Bookbinders. The case is made from black leather with more burgundy onlay to the front and back, with the trays lined in sumptuous “tomate” suedel by Winter & Company. The spine has a burgundy leather label inset into the box with white foil stamping.
Pre-order Price: £2015 (Converted from $2750.00)
This release is a preorder and we expect to start shipping the Lettered Edition during the Christmas Period 2026.
roman numeral
edition
Printed in two colours on a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress by the master printers at Nomad Letterpress (Cheltenham, UK) on a bespoke handmade paper by the Paper Foundation in Burneside, UK.
This edition is fully bound in finest harmattan leather which has been hand dyed and coloured by the expert craftspeople at Ludlow Bookbinders. The cover and spine feature hand finished, CNC-cut brushed black metal elements that have been inset into the leather.
The head and tailband have been hand sewn in a complex colour design to mirror the patina and scheme of the book leather. The spine has been hand rounded using ancient techniques and the book edges have been gilded copper, hand-distressed and painted with Verdigris to give a weathered effect.
Housed in a handmade marble box by master stonecarver Nick Roberson and lined by Ludlow Bookbinders. The four pillar design as well as the Howler sigil and text on the lid has been hand carved by Roberson himself as well as the Howler sigil and text on the lid. Across all four sides of the box is hand carved lettering in Latin which translates to “I would have come in peace, but my enemies brought me war”.
The endpapers are handmarbled pieces to complement the design of the bindings. Inside the book there is a remarque hand-drawn by the artist Marc Simonetti.
* Fun fact: The Paper Foundation are bestowed with the Royal Warrant, and make both book and decorative papers by hand. The team works with original equipment from the former Griffen Mill in Ireland, which was relocated to the English Lake District in 2020.
Pre-order Price: £7,878 (Converted from $10,750.00)
This release is a preorder and we expect to start shipping the Roman Numeral Edition during the Christmas Period 2026.
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