Book
one - Blood Red Road
“In the Dustlands, you fight or you die.”
Eighteen
year old twins Saba and Lugh are complete opposites, right down to their looks.
Lugh is fair like their dead mother while she is dark like their father. The
three of them liv with their younger sister Emmi live along the shores of
Silverlake, or what's left of it. Rain hasn't fallen in a long time and its
shoreline has shrunken. Pa believes that he can read the future in the stars
but no matter what he ritual he does, the rain doesn't come. Frustrated, Lugh
is ready to leave him behind and Saba will follow her twin anywhere. Before they
can make any real plans to leave, a terrible dust storm cuts across the lake
and heads their way. Lugh and Saba race towards the storm cellar where their
father and Emmi await them. Looking for her pet crow, Nero, the twins have to
crouch down to keep from being struck by lightning. Saba is thrown off of her
feet and Lugh helps her get up. The storm passes and leaves a red haze. Then
out of the haze comes five men riding horses.
One
of the men is Procter John, their neighbor who briefly visits once a month.
They asks him if Lugh was the one born at midwinter and Procter tells them yes
and that he has been looking after him like they had asked. The man asks Lugh
how old he is and he answers eighteen. The twins know that something is wrong.
The man pulls out a bolt shooter and fires at Procter John, striking him dead.
Lugh tells Saba to go fetch their Pa but she won't leave him. Go, he yells and
heads for the lake while Saba runs to the storm shelter. Pa asks her if they
have come and she realizes that he has seen this day in the stars. She runs
into the shanty looking for her crossbow and comes out and shakes her Pa. He
finally comes to his senses and she sees the old Pa from before her mother
died. He tells her that his time is nearly up. He has only been able to see
glimpses of the future but that she must stay strong. Lugh, Emmi and others
will need her and not to give up. The horsemen have caught up to Lugh and have
surrounded him. Saba and Pa take up their crossbows and run to Lugh. They fire
and miss while two of the riders have lassoed Lugh. They dismounted and bound
his wrists and ankles. Saba and Pa take aim again and another rider turns and fires
his bolt shooter. Pa falls and Saba realizes the bolt has gone through his
heart. Pa is dead. She runs towards Lugh but her arrows fly wild in her anger.
One of the riders fires a bolt that strikes her in her hand. Bound, the riders
hoist Lugh onto a horse. Saba screams and begs them to take her as well. Lugh
tells her to go back and take care of Emmi. Saba promises Lugh that she will
find him as the men ride away with her brother. Emmi runs out of the shelter
and takes in the death and destruction left behind. She runs to Pa and Saba
falls to the ground. The skies open up and rain finally falls.
Why
did the horsemen come after Lugh? What was so special about him being born at
midwinter? Will Saba be able to keep her promises to Lugh and Pa? Can she find
Lugh? What happens to her and Emmi?
Book two – Rebel Heart
“No one is safe.”
Book three –
Raging Star
“Loyalty and
betrayal. Lovers and enemies.”
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