Pierce Brown’s Red Rising: Sons of Ares #2

Collecting the second volume of the prequel comic series to Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising saga, this 2020 Dynamite Entertainment trade paperback subtitled Wrath brings together the talents of Brown, Hoskin, Powell, Cunniffe, and Napolitano. The cover is a striking collage of figures — a wounded, blood-streaked face dominates the foreground, while an intimate embrace, an armored combatant in explosive action, and a statuesque gold-toned figure loom in the background, all rendered in a bold palette of crimson, black, and sickly yellow. At $24.99, it's a handsome package for fans of the novels eager to explore the revolutionary origins of the Sons of Ares in sequential art form.