Read Rising

We are a group of friends, Craig, Sam, Liz, and Nick, with a shared love of fantasy and sci-fi, brought together by the works of Pierce Brown. Join us weekly for our in-depth discussions of the series, and laugh with us as we share our potentially outlandish takes and analyses. We're now into the third season, which covers 'Morning Star,' the final book in the first trilogy. If you’d like to read along with us, this season consists of seven episodes with a few spoiler episodes thrown in for good measure. While the focus of season three is on book three, if you haven’t read the series yet, we DO discuss spoilers for the entirety of the first trilogy. We will do our best to avoid and/or mark any and all spoilers for the second era of the Red Rising series, books 4-6. BE AWARE!!

Read Rising is a arts podcast hosted by The Howler Book Club, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Howler Book Club hosts Read Rising, a arts show with 26 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  4.1 Ten years later...PART 1 (Iron Gold, Ch. 1 - 9)

  Sep 8, 20261h 9mS4

  This episode kicks off Iron Gold and immediately makes it clear that the story is changing shape. With multiple POVs now in play, the crew covers Darrow, Lyria, Ephraim, and Lysander, while debating what the Republic has become ten years after the revolution. The conversation centers on the cost of victory, the strain on Darrow and Mustang, and the fact that freedom did not magically solve anything. It is part recap, part character study, and part argument over whether Darrow is protecting the Republic or undermining it.

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  Episode #10

  3.10 The Rising needs a RACI chart (Ending Morning Star)

  Sep 1, 202649 minS3

  This episode closes out the original Red Rising trilogy by zooming in on the last stretch of Morning Star and then widening out to ask what the trilogy means as a complete story. The discussion covers Mustang taking power, Lysander’s strange loyalty, the Jackal’s ending, Darrow and Mustang’s hidden plan, and the reveal that Darrow has a son. The group also reflects on the trilogy’s core themes, including found family, the cost of war, and whether people can really change. It’s a true end-of-era conversation for Nick, Norman, Sam, and Liz as they finish the first three books.

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  Episode #9

  3.9: Omnis vir lupus (Morning Star, Ch. 58 - 65)

  Aug 25, 202636 minS3

  This episode covers the final stretch of Morning Star Part 3, with the group breaking down Darrow’s Luna plan, Cassius’s reversal, and the collapse of Octavia’s rule. It matters because nearly every major betrayal, reveal, and payoff from the trilogy comes due here.

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  Episode #8

  3.8 Series Wrap on Uncle Narol (Morning Star, Ch. 50 - 57)

  Aug 18, 202658 minS3

  This section covers the fallout from the Battle of Ilium, the brutal tightening of the rebellion, and one of the most memorable Sevro moments in the trilogy. It matters because the book shifts from battlefield chaos into emotional turns, betrayals, and hard choices that reshape the rest of the story.

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  Episode #7

  3.7 Spoilers and CHAOS (ALL Books in the Red Rising Series)

  Aug 11, 202633 minS3

  In this spoiler-heavy Red Rising discussion, the hosts dive into character motivations, moral choices, and the chaos of recording their first in-person episode. They debate Sevro’s shifting priorities, Lysander’s growing role as a catalyst for war, Darrow’s costly decisions, and whether characters like Romulus, Volsung Fa, Atlas, and Ephraim are strategic, tragic, or just plain monstrous. The conversation also veers into future book plans, including a possible Dungeon Crawler Carl interlude, plus a lot of playful confusion, and book-nerd side quests.

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