It's been hundreds of years since humankind colonized other planets. The ruling class of humans installed a color-based social hierarchy where the Golds at the top rule with an iron fist. Sixteen-year-old Darius is a Red, a class of workers who toil beneath the surface of Mars. Darius will be tasked with infiltrating Gold society by a rebel group and taking down his once Golden overlords. (Red Rising) Illistration