![]() Annoying Younger Sibling: Emmi,Saba's nine-year-old sister.And Now You Must Marry Me: De Malo to Saba.Amazon Brigade: The Free Hawks, a truly badass girl gang.Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Saba is described as having dark hair and eyes and not being very friendly.It is followed by Rebel Heart and finishes with Raging Star. Pinch, keep Saba fighting by abusing and threatening the life of Emmi.īlood Red Road is the first book in the Dust Lands Trilogy. The two are captured by a couple, Rooster Pinch and Miz Pinch, who force Saba to fight in the Colosseum for a man known as the Cage Master. The novel revolves around Saba's quest to find and rescue her brother, with whom she has a close relationship. Half a year after Saba and Lugh turned eighteen, four cloaked horsemen show up, kill the father, and kidnap Lugh. ![]() ![]() Saba lives with her father (her mother is dead), twin brother Lugh, and younger sister Emmi in a wasteland, Silverlake, where laws do not exist. ![]()
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