Academy Garden

Academy Garden appears in Red Rising.

The Academy Garden first appears in Golden Son as a serene, ivy-draped courtyard within the elite martial academy on Luna, serving as a neutral ground where students and instructors alike can momentarily escape the brutal hierarchy of the Institute. Over the course of the series, this once-idyllic setting transforms into a charged political arena where alliances are forged, betrayals are plotted, and the seeds of rebellion are quietly sown. By later books, the Garden becomes a symbol of the fractured society Darrow seeks to dismantle, its manicured beauty contrasting sharply with the violence that erupts within its walls.