Show notes
Darrow has spent nine months in a box. Morning Star picks up there and closes out the Red Rising trilogy. Full spoilers throughout, including the ending, plus Hunger Games spoilers in the final segment.
Alex and Lindsey argue that this is actually Sevro’s book rather than Darrow’s, and trace him from imitating his father and Darrow to the moment he stops performing and does something real. They get into a death that lands far earlier than either of them was ready for, whether the Jackal was ever redeemable or simply committed to his own victimhood, and Darrow’s late reckoning with who Eo actually was: brave, reckless, and gone before she had to live with what she started. Plus the compromises Darrow makes here that are harder to defend than anything he’s done before.
Then the question the trilogy leaves open. Taking the throne turns out to be the easy part, and there are four more books about what comes next.
Also: a listener question comparing this to The Hunger Games, one meme that yanked someone clean out of the book, and the cover art making sense.
Cry count and ratings at the end.