Fade to Obsidian

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Rankings: Raven - Yes! Snake - Yes Monkey cat - Yes! Fox - No-ish Lion - No Tiger Lynx - Hell no Gryphon - No, sorry. (but Yogi can have one...

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Ranking: Silkworm - Not a petFirefly - Not a petDragonfly - Not a petButterfly - Class experienceDog - Yes with a living situationRat - Abso...

To celebrate this milestone we did a live stream on Youtube. Combining nostalgia for the past 2 years, and creating new memories we had a lot of fun. Thank you to every listener, whether you've been here from the beginning, or just last week. We couldn't do this without such an amazing fandom. Please note that there may be some spoilers, and we recommend finishing Light Bringer before list...

The Den "Triplets" join us to discuss found family in the Red Rising series, as well as the fandom itself. Join us for some sibling bickering but spoilers for the entire series lie ahead!

Maurice Africh (known in the Howler's Den as Anemone) stopped by to discuss his debut novel Cello's Gate. The beginning of this interview is completely spoiler free, so please give it a listen if you love Sci-fi/Fantasy novels. Cello's Gate is available through your favourite Indie bookstore, Indigo, Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon. Check out Anemone's band Still Electric. htt...

We asked members of the community for Red Rising adjacent trivia questions and BOY they did not disappoint. Unfortunately, we had eat terribly flavoured beans for every incorrect answer. Feel free to play along and let us know how you did! (We don't actually recommend the beans though). Thank you Orange Armory, Vision, Tunes, and Pixel for submitting questions. Please check out our instagram f...

Although our original plan was to discuss Sylvain Neuvel's series "Take Them To The Stars" with full spoilers, we have actually taken a route that this is safe for anyone to listen to! (Except the last 10 minutes). If you love books about space, history, rocket ships, good music, or fantastic characters we highly recommend this series!! Give this episode a listen and find out if it&#...

For International Women's Day Skipper brought together the A Force of Red Rising Podcasters to discuss female representation. We talk our favourite characters, great female empowerment scenes, great female deaths, the growth of the author's writing, and what female representation looks like. We also touch on our favourite female written Sci-fi, and give some great recommendations. Thank yo...

Lo Howlers! Our somewhat delayed 2024 Howler Bacchanal (which actually happened in January of 2025) was a blast. Join Crescent and Skipper, the hosts of the Fade To Obsidian Podcast, Salem, Primus of the Howler's Den fan discord server, Lit Escalates' own Joel Daniel Phillips (also the artist for the Red Rising interior maps) and of course the illustrious Pierce Brown for an unhinged series of que...

We are joined by best selling author Sylvain Neuvel to discuss everything from giant robots, and squirrels, to drunken nights with Pierce Brown. Skipper gets the chance to show off her collection, and Crescent gets to find out about THE buzzfeed article. Sylvain will be joining us again soon, so let us know what questions we should ask next!

Bond, Meringue, and Estrella join us as we discuss what we're getting our favourite Red Rising characters for the Holidays. Let us know in the comments what you would get our dearest fictional friends.

We are back talking about the Sons of Ares! This time in Volume 2! Yogi rejoins us, and Bobbin for the first time. This does contain spoilers for the main series, all the way up to Light Bringer! #piercebrown #booktube #literature #podcast #redrising #bookstagram #fandom #goldenson #SonsofAres

We are back from Minnesota, and with many a story to recount. Salem joins us, as the three of us try to remember everything that happened that weekend and how Den meet ups really are like the discord server.

It's a September Catch up episode as we talk what we've done this summer, and what the future of Fade holds! Let us know what you've been reading this summer.

While joined with all our podcasting friends we discuss which Red Rising characters would have a podcast, and who has different types of social media! Thank you for joining us HowlerPod, HighKeyObsessed, and HailReaper. Sorry to Words & Whiskey that you had to miss out. Please go check out all of their wonderful podcasts, found wherever you listen!

It's our final Sleepless in Sungrave episode of the year. We wrap up the last of the prompts, hear from some of our long time callers, and remind everyone never to date Roque!

It's the one year anniversary of Barbenheimer! Jabs joins us to talk about the movies that made 2023, Barbie & Oppenheimer. Which of the Red Rising characters are seeing which movies? Who is seeing both? Who is dressing up? And who is too cool for the hype!

We are back with more life advice for our favourite book characters! Somehow, the random prompts all appeared to be related. Do you agree with our advice? What other advice do you think we should give our characters? Let us know on instagram or in the Howler's Den!

We sit down with Scarlet to discuss what music each character in the Red Rising world is listening to. Do you agree with us? Let us know in the comments! To check out Scarlet's colour based playlists head over to spotify: Red- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15yjXBOzgGvOl6OKA2nBsg?si=c71126b323bf4c53 Obsidian- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24mRJrZNot4iTLMV1ArsLX?si=e46d95c74b1b42ed Pink-...

Your favourite unlicensed professionals are back to give guidance to all fictional characters, both of Red Rising and apparently Dracula?? We have a lot of fun this week with different scenarios, and somehow it always gets back to crime animals!!

Meringue & Fox join us to talk the Count of Monte Cristo. Long known as one of Pierce Brown's favourite books, we take a look at the influence it may have had on the Red Rising world. Spoilers abound for both Count of Monte Cristo & all of Red Rising (including light Light Bringer spoilers). Enjoy!

Join us as we discuss how each character in the Red Rising universe would hand an airport pickup and drop-off! Thank you the to the amazing artists of the Red Rising fandom: https://www.instagram.com/sushiwestern/ https://www.instagram.com/mbenskydesigns/ https://www.instagram.com/pb.doodles/ https://www.instagram.com/carolinekrunchy/

We sit down with Stinger & Yogi to talk the Graphic Novel Sons of Ares vol 1. One of our favourite episodes as we just get so silly. Tangents & giggles ahead as we discuss absolutely everything we can including how Pierce hates carpets??? Spoilers including Morning Star so be warned! However, second series is SAFE. #piercebrown #booktube #literature #podcast #redrising #bookstagram #fandom...

Disclaimer: Full Light Bringer spoilers ahead! This week on Sleepless in Sungrave we tell a lot of couples to go to counselling, or at least try talking to each other!! We also weigh in on a famous feud, a terrible lip sync performance, and a certain sailor in the Mediterranean. The tea is hot and we're here to spill. Please let us know what you think of these situations and you can drop other...

We did a live stream!! Here is the absolute chaos from it. I'd recommend watching it on the tubes, but you do you. Special thanks to Krossland Shaw from Words & Whiskey. Please go check them out so he continues to make us coffee.