Iron Gold

Pierce Brown’s Iron Gold is set in a dystopian Solar system framed as a plausible future of our contemporary reality. How is this setting used to support the novel’s themes? How does making this world an extension of our real-life history, as opposed to entirely fictionalized, affect the meaning of the novel?

Analyze Brown’s use of four different points of view to tell the story of Iron Gold. What does each of these narrators offer to the overall meaning and development of the narrative? Use textual evidence to support your answer.

Discuss the novel’s exploration of leadership through the various leaders portrayed in the narrative: Darrow, Virginia, Dido, and Apollonius, among others. What conclusions does the novel come to about the complexities of leadership?