With the aid of a master maker named Glirastes, Lysander uses a massive widescale EMP charge to subdue all electronics in the area including the Morning Star. On Mercury, Lysander makes a deal with Atlas that involves the infiltration of Darrow's legions in Heliopolis. Ephraim attempts to kill Fá with explosives but Fá survives and eats Ephraim's heart. After killing Sefi and those loyal to her, Fá reveals that he intends to find and indoctrinate Volga. After tearfully reuniting with Volga, Ephraim returns to Olympia to once again ask for Sefi's help Fá arrives and claims that he is Sefi and Ragnar's father. Ephraim arrives on Mars after hearing a distress call from Lyria and is able to subdue the remaining Red Hand forces. Lyria rescues Victra and Volga, and they kill the Red Hand leader Harmony. Lyria infiltrates a Red Hand slave trafficking ring and with the help of other girls kill their captors. They are betrayed by the Red Hand, who kills Ulysses and kidnaps Victra and Volga. They flee to Mars, where they discover that Victra has also survived and where Lyria gets a parasitical power called The Figment. Lyria and Volga are imprisoned by Victra, but manage to break free of their captivity when the Ascomanni lay siege to their ship. When Sefi does not believe him, Ephraim and the children escape. In Olympia, Ephraim encounters a giant Obsidian named Volsung Fá, the ancient leader of a pirate tribe called the Ascomanni. Ephraim, feeling he has been reformed from his ways as a thief, refuses to help Sefi. Sefi reveals to Ephraim that Volga, his former apprentice, is the last surviving daughter of Ragnar Volarus and is the heir to the Obsidian throne. They start by taking over several areas of Mars including Cimmeria. Sefi hopes to lead the Obsidians into a new age and secure their freedom. Virginia manages to poison Adrius and escapes, leaving Sevro and several Howlers behind with Lilath.Įphraim, Pax and Electra are kidnapped by the Obsidians led by Sefi. The Syndicate Queen arrives and is revealed to be Lilath, who has given birth to a now 10-year-old clone of Virginia's deceased brother Adrius 'The Jackal'. Virginia is betrayed when her closest allies are all poisoned and a mob kills her friend Daxo before kidnapping her. On the day where Virginia is to give a speech to the Solar Republic giving one last plea of help to free Darrow, Sevro tracks down The Syndicate Queen on Earth. Having managed to locate Sevro, Virginia kidnaps the Duke of Hands and attempts to pry information on The Syndicate's Queen and the location of their missing children. She suspects treachery from her allies in the Forum, especially Publius. Virginia struggles to keep her power as the Sovereign with her allies growing increasingly hostile due to her continued support for Darrow's agenda. Darrow's forces narrowly manage to win the battle by seizing control of Mercury's center of commerce Heliopolis with the arrival of the warship Morning Star. Darrow kills his pilot Orion, who attempts to use the Storm God indiscriminately. During the battle, Lysander loses an eye and his companion Seraphina is killed Ajax betrays Lysander and leaves him to die in vengeance for Lysander's favorable position with the family as a child. Lysander and his former friend Ajax au Grimmus participate in an Iron Rain against Darrow's armies, but Darrow fights back with a Storm God, a previously hidden terraforming tool used as a weapon. Lysander and the Raa family meet Atalantia to broker an alliance between The Rim and The Core in order to defeat Darrow and give rise to a new Society. Plot ĭarrow and his legions are barricaded from all sides on Mercury from Society forces. A sequel, Light Bringer, was released on July 25, 2023. Dark Age takes place immediately after the events of Iron Gold (2018), as the remaining Society forces aim to take back Mercury from the Solar Republic. Dark Age is a 2019 science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, the second book of a trilogy which continues the story of his Red Rising trilogy (2014–2016).
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