Red Rising Saga · Location

Mars

Also known as Mars Highlands

planet
terraformed megacities

Mars appears in Red Rising Saga.

Type: planet
Style: terraformed megacities
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 1
Books: 6

Mars begins as a distant, almost invisible backdrop in the early Red Rising trilogy, referenced only through its mining camps and the distant Olympus Mons. By Iron Gold it is finally named outright, yet remains a passive stage for the Martian plot. In Dark Age the planet emerges as a fully realized world—its continents, volcanoes, and cities now active theaters of war—transforming Mars from mere setting into a living, contested character whose geography shapes the fate of the Solar System.

History

BOOK 1Red Rising
BOOK 2Golden Son
BOOK 3Morning Star
BOOK 4Iron Gold
The Red planet, named in passing while its camps, plains, and cities carry the Martian plot. The planet itself is barely staged.
BOOK 5Dark Age
Core Society planet featuring continents like Cimmeria, massive volcanoes like Olympus Mons, and key cities.
BOOK 6Light Bringer