Dark Age (Part 1 of 3) (Dramatized Adaptation)

Red Rising, Book 5

By: Pierce Brown

Narrated by: full cast, Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Christopher Tester, Rayner Gabriel, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo, Ian Putnam, Jessica Threet, Elena Anderson, Natalie Van Sistine, Jonathan David Bullock

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….

A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.

Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy?

In his darkening shadow, a new hero rises.

Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old empire, has returned to bridge the divide between the Golds of the Rim and Core. If united, their combined might may prove fatal to the fledgling Republic.

On Luna, the embattled Sovereign of the Republic, Virginia au Augustus, fights to preserve her precious demokracy and her exiled husband. But one may cost her the other, and her son is not yet returned.

Abducted by enemy agents, Pax au Augustus must trust in a Gray thief, Ephraim, for his salvation.

Far across the void, Lyria, a Red refugee accused of treason, makes a desperate bid for freedom with the help of two unlikely new allies.

Fear dims the hopes of the Rising, and as power is seized, lost, and reclaimed, the worlds spin on and on toward a new Dark Age.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Performed by Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Christopher Tester, Rayner Gabriel, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo, Ian Putnam, Jessica Threet, Elena Anderson, Natalie Van Sistine, Jonathan David Bullock, Carolyn Kashner, RJ Bayley, Robb Moreira, Liam Gerrard, Richard Rohan, Karen Novack, Matthew Schleigh, Nathaniel Priestley, Melody Muze, Su Ling Chan, Danny Gavigan, Danny Montooth, Chris Davenport, Kimberly Gilbert, Kay Elúvian, Matthew Bassett, Christopher Williams, Ken Jackson, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Laura C. Harris, Jacob Yeh, Christopher Walker, Crystal Lee, Marni Penning, Ryan Dalusung, Eric Messner, Peter Holdway, Andy Brownstein, and Nhea Durousseau.

©2019 Pierce Brown (P)2025 Graphic Audio LLC

Why must we wait? =(

From crazy start to crazy finish, GA did a fantastic job. Now sadly the long wait until part 2.

Sevro still proves to be one of the best characters in the series.

The characters in the character development it really made you care about all of the main character characters

Overall, I give it four stars. I think it was lacking in some areas, but it’s still a must read.

Love the series, don’t love Ajax performance

I was curious what the series would be like after the first three books and have been pleasantly surprised. The story and characters continue to be interesting and the performances are worth the additional splurge. The exaggerated breathy performance of Ajax is my least favorite of the series.

Downed Stormgod

So many great parts from Mercury!! Excited for the release of the future parts of the book.

Worth the wait

I’ve patiently waited for Dark Ages to come out on graphic audio and I was not disappointed. You can’t ask for a better cast and performance. The only disappointment is that we have to wait so long in between each release.