As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within. A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people.


戴洛在火星地底礦場中長大，身為最低賤的紅勞，成天不見天日，在重度勞動下苦熬度日，都是希望有朝一日能發達，讓後代子孫享福。然而他萬萬沒想到，自己衷心付出的社會竟是建築在謊言之上；紅勞族遭到最高階層「金督」的背叛，唯有革命，才能取回自由。他的摯愛伊甌為了更美好的未來失去了性命，而今戴洛也將為這個目標犧牲自己。他接受改造變身成為金督，潛入這個特權世界，想從內部擊垮它。處在一個危機四伏的環境，戴洛雖然獲得了友誼、尊重，甚至是愛，但他也深深感受到強大對手的震怒。為了發起這場決定人類宿命的戰役，並取得勝利，戴洛不僅要忍受背叛，同時也不能讓報復的慾望吞噬自己。他所追求的不是暴力革命，而是充滿希望之光的重生，就算未來的道路危機重重，戴洛還是必須遵守與愛人的約定、秉持正義，幫助他的民族重獲自由。