{"id":27800,"date":"2025-04-07T08:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27800"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:31:19","slug":"red-dirt-part-i-the-star-bearer-by-d-k-kristof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=27800","title":{"rendered":"Red Dirt Part I: The Star Bearer by D.K. Kristof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gritty, unforgettable, and compulsively readable\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristof\u2019s debut is a vivid, emotionally resonant, and boldly cinematic plunge into a post-apocalyptic Martian world. In the ruined aftermath of humanity\u2019s collapse, the Vestige, the synthetic beings forged in humanity\u2019s image, have built new lives on a silent Mars. At the center are Miri, a half-synthetic tinkerer, and the Star Bearer, a battle-scarred Extant with a haunted past. As the ruthless Commander Sutherland sets his sights on reclaiming Mars for what remains of humanity, Miri and the Star Bearer must decide what\u2019s worth saving, and what it means to truly live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristof\u2019s writing is rich in worldbuilding without ever bogging the story down. Terraforming machines, forgotten Creator colonies, militarized ruins, underground cities like Saint Forsaken\u2014all of it pulses with history and layered meaning. The action is explosive and cinematic, but it\u2019s the quiet moments: graves in the sand, whispered confessions, and a broken droid\u2019s sacrifice that leave the deepest impact. Bold and unapologetically human, the novel is as much about chosen family as it is about survival. Readers will look forward to the next one in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date February 4, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN \u200e <\/strong>979-8309448142<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $16.99 (USD) Paperback, $2.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gritty, unforgettable, and compulsively readable\u2026 Kristof\u2019s debut is a vivid, emotionally resonant, and boldly cinematic plunge into a post-apocalyptic Martian world. In the ruined aftermath of humanity\u2019s collapse, the Vestige, the synthetic beings forged in humanity\u2019s image, have built new lives on a silent Mars. At the center are Miri, a half-synthetic tinkerer, and the Star Bearer, a battle-scarred Extant with a haunted past. As the ruthless Commander Sutherland sets his sights on reclaiming Mars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":27802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,726,91,7215,3328,723769808,178,624761,5718510,8053601,1136176,610903656,1473,1008073,856121,309,723770756,349],"class_list":["post-27800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-book-review","tag-book-reviews","tag-bookblogger","tag-books","tag-dystopian","tag-dystopian-fiction","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-sci-fi","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-7eo","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/red.jpg?fit=266%2C425&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27803,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27800\/revisions\/27803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}