Rebel Heart (2012) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Saba: The female protagonist - twin sister to Lugh. She likes Jack. She is a prickly character and finds herself 'open' to the dead.
• Lugh: He is Saba's twin. He wants to settle down and raise a family and farm.
• Jack: Saba's love interest, who returns her feelings; also a fighter and traveller. Has taken up with the Tonton in this book.
• Emmi: Saba and Lugh's little 9 year old sister. She is incredibly brave and acts twice her age. She has amazing aim.
• Maev: Leader of the Free Hawks. She has her own ghosts of the dead Free Hawks, believing they would be alive if she had listened to Ash and Creed.
• Seth DeMalo: Leader of the Tonton who is trying to build a New Eden. Known as the Pathfinder. Has put a price on Saba's head.
• Bram: Part of the resistance. Owns a a farm in sector nine. Friend of Molly.
• Molly Pratt: Owns a tavern called Lost Cause. Was in love with Ike. Was a friend to Jack. Has history with Jack
• Auriel Tai: A shaman known as the Sky Speaker. She knows about Saba's ghosts and tries to help her be free of them.
• Nero: Saba's crow. Saba raised Nero after he fell from the nest. Nero is able to communicate with Saba. Is shown to be extremely intelligent. Also a thief.
• Tracker: Mercy's wolfdog that follows Saba
• Moses: Slim's camel who will only obey Slim.
• Slim: He is a travelling physician and surgeon. He drives a strange wagon pulled by a camel.
• Ash: Member of the Free Hawks and still a fierce fighter.
• Tommo: Ike's adopted son. He is deaf, but is able to communicate with sounds and gestures. He can also read lips. He is in love with Saba.
• Cassie: Part of the resistance but posing as a farmer in New Eden.
• Creed: A friend of Ash and Maev.
• Billy Six: Add a description of this character.
• Rosie
• Meg
• Nessa
• Ike Twelvetrees
• Nell
• Eli
• Willem
• Helen
• Robbie
• Lister
• Allis
• Ruth
• DeMalo
• Ted
• Epona
• Hermes
• Prue

Quotes edit see section history

• ““All the time I’ve knowed you, Jack, you kept the door to that heart of yers locked up tight an the key hid away. Looks like she found it."He says nothing. Molly waits. Then:"Keys ain’t her style, he says. She kicked the door down.””

  Molly and Jack

• “Don’t you dare walk away from this, Jack, don’t you dare, Molly says fiercely. Most people don’t ever feel what yer feeling. Be with her. An if it lasts one hour, one night, a week a month, it don’t matter. Be with her, burn with her, shine with her… fer whatever time’s given to you.”

  Molly

• “In pain lies wisdom. Feel it. Let it take you. I promise it won't destroy you.”

  Auriel

• “I think of what we might say. Him to me. Me to him. I ain’t no soft girl. I don’t know no soft words. Be with me, Jack. That’s what I’ll say. Burn with me. Shine with me.”

  Saba

• “No, you need to listen, she says. This ain’t Silverlake, an you ain’t the daddy. Out here in the real world, the person who knows what they’re doin is the daddy an right now, that’s me. So. Do like daddy says an shift that tasty butt of yers. Unless, of course, you want it shot off.”

  Maev

• “What happens to you changes you. Fer good or ill, yer changed ferever. There ain't no goin back. No matter how many tears you cry.”

  Saba

• “He's a thief and a menace an I'm gonna trade him in fer a umberella.”

  Saba

• “Fleas plague you, she says. Swamp skitters can kill you, an a little thorn- so small you hardly notice- it can work it's way unner the skin an bit after bit, yer hand's infected. Maybe you loose a couple fingers, maybe the whole hand. Maybe yer blood goes bad an you die. Tiny things can cause plenty of trouble.”

  Ash

• “I know it's selfish of me to even think of sayin this. You deserve a guy who'll... pluck the stars from the sky and lay 'em at yer feet. I'm the kinda guy who'd step on 'em on my way out the door. I ain't got nuthin to offer you. He takes my hands in his. I jest want you to know that... How I feel about you ain't changed. No. That ain't true. It has changed. It's grown stronger. He touches my face. You run deep in me Saba.”

  Jack

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Hopetown
• Pine Top Hill
• The Lost Cause: A tavern that Molly Pratt owns. Known for brawls, mischief, hectic music, heavy drinking, and bad girls.
• Freedom Fields
• Big Water
• Silverlake: Home from where Saba and her family came from
• Waste: A traveler tells Saba and her group to head across the Waste, saying it is the fastest, most direct way to the West. Its called the Waste because of the bad water, bad hunting, wrecker plague, and sinkholes.
• Crosscreek: Where Mercy lives
• Darktrees: Free Hawks territory
• Yann Gap: Border between the Wraithway and New Eden. Across the Gap lies Tonton territory. The Gap is a dry canyon.
• Wraithway: Makes people see things that aren't there. Wrecker ghosts. Travelers never return when they cross the Wraithway.
• New Eden: Tonton territory
• Resurrection: Tonton headquarters

Organizations edit see section history

• Free Hawks: A group of warrior women who take residence in Darktrees
• Tonton: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Wreckers: Pre-apocalypic humans

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Blood Red Road, and followed by Raging Star.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Moira Young (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some violence + sex scene + swearing

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history