Red Rising

Although Darrow expected to see Eo in the afterlife, he wakes beneath dirt and emerges from a grave in an old mine. He has not died. He wonders if his uncle drugged him and buried him here. 

A tumbler vehicle approaches, and two masked figures lead Darrow inside. He realizes the masked people, a man named Ralph and a woman named Harmony, are Sons of Ares. Darrow grabs Harmony’s hand, demanding to know why he has survived. She says, “Because Ares has a mission for you, little Helldiver” (55). Beneath Harmony’s mask Darrow witnesses the half-beautiful, half-scarred face of a fellow Red.

Darrow wonders why Eo wasn’t spared. The tumbler travels through a gate and toward a garage. Harmony invites Darrow to meet Dancer. 

Dancer finds out Darrow knows they are Sons of Ares. Darrow wonders aloud why they need him. Dancer says Eo could not be saved. Harmony makes a callous comment about her martyrdom, and Darrow lunges at her. Dancer ends the fight and promises Darrow justice. 

Later, Harmony cleans the lash wounds on Darrow’s back. She says Eo’s death had an effect and that Darrow should turn Eo’s dream into reality.