He jest stares at the sky, the clear cruel sky. But, well before they reach us, they break apart, thin out an disappear. Our hearts beat faster an our hopes rise as they creep our way. An every day, big bellied rainclouds gather on the horizon. Pretty soon, there won’t be no point in callin it by its name.Įvery day Pa tries another one of his charms or spells. You gotta walk some ways out now to fill a bucket. Even the spring that feeds the lake’s startin to run dry.
We ain’t had a drop of rain fer near six months now. The kinda white heat day when you can hear th’earth crack. S O HOT AN SO DRY THAT ALL I CAN TASTE IN my mouth is dust. Moira Young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.īlood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around.
The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms.
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