While the men are taking away Lugh, Saba vows that she will rescue him. Saba and Lugh are very close and have never been separated even for a day. One day four cloaked men on horseback capture Lugh and take him away and the father is killed trying to rescue his son. Their mother died during childbirth and the father has been a shell of a person since then. Emmi is 9 years old, and twins Saba and Lugh are 18 years old. A widower and his three children (and a crow called Nero) live in Silverlake, a wasteland where water sources are drying up and food is scare. What is Blood Red Road by Moira Young About?īlood Red Road by Moira Young is another dystopian novel for young adults, and is the first installment in the Dust Land series. Don’t resent others for events they have no control over.Determination and persistence will get you very far.Do not discount what children have to say.We are much more than we think – smarter, braver, and stronger.What affects one of us affects all of us. No one succeeds alone – we need the assistance of others.And we bet it'll be an important theme in later entries of the Dustlands trilogy. In this closing scene, both Saba and Lugh acknowledge our heroine's immense growth over the course of the novel and recognize that she has become the leader. In case you don't remember, this is a reversal of the novel's opening, when Saba claimed that Lugh going first was the proper order of things. Git on up here an lead the way' (9.1123). Luckily, Lugh has the perfect response: 'Hey, he says, what're you doin back there? I ain't got a clue where we're goin. Here's what's not great, however: Saba immediately slips back into her old ways and becomes subordinate to Lugh, letting him lead the way. It's heart-warming to see the three siblings back together again, with Tommo rounding out the group to become a fearsome foursome. That leaves Saba to spend some quality time with her family for the first time in a long while. He promises Saba that they'll reunite soon, and she gives him her heartstone to seal the deal. Jack is going his own way, too, presumably to notify Ike's ladyfriend of his tragic death. The Free Hawks return to their home base in Darktrees to enjoy some much needed R&R. Now that their mission is complete, our heroes go their separate ways. After a failed ambush, the King is launched off a cliff while dueling with Saba and ends up impaled on a conveniently pointy rock formation.

Blood red road by moira young