Wow. In true Pierce Brown fashion, a LOT of twists and turns in the last 200 pages. The thing that separates Iron Gold from the original trilogy, in my mind, was the politics and intrigue. Unfortunately with that also comes a bit of a slower read. All of the information was necessary to set up the action, but it dragged on a little bit before the good stuff really happened. As is, every character is currently in the category of hate to love them or love to hate them for me - incredible, as always, from Pierce Brown, but Jesus Christ I could not be running to pick up Dark Age any faster.