The Dirt Eaters The Longlight Legacy Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Dennis Foon Joshua Swanson Audible Studios Books
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It's a struggle to survive on post-apocalyptic Earth. In this first book in the trilogy of The Longlight Legacy, the wars have transformed the world, and 16-year-old Roan is about to discover a terrible truth.
When Roan's parents and the people of Longlight perish in a raid, Roan is filled with rage. Torn between his desire for revenge and the legacy of peace he has inherited, he is taken in by a sect of warriors. With them he learns he has exceptional talent as a fighter. But Roan is haunted by visions he can't understand. When he commits his first act of violence, he flees in disgust into the most wasted lands of all, the Devastation.He meets friends and allies in unexpected places, as his enemies hunt him down. But it is only when Roan meets Alandra that he begins to understand his life's purpose and why his village, Longlight, was destroyed.
Dennis Foon has created an immensely powerful and disturbing look at a wasted world. Through the character of Roan, hope and the promise of renewed life seem possible.
The Dirt Eaters The Longlight Legacy Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Dennis Foon Joshua Swanson Audible Studios Books
Great fun story that can be finished within a few days, but one that also draws some interesting parallels to the modern world. Well worth the read. I recommend the entire trilogy.Product details
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The Dirt Eaters The Longlight Legacy Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Dennis Foon Joshua Swanson Audible Studios Books Reviews
I am submitting this review on behalf of my 8 year old son whom I read this book to.
I thought this book has excellent characters. It really felt like I got to be inside the head of each character and look at things in the story from different points of view. The descriptions of the area they were in was great especially how they described new creatures. Parts of the made me feel really scared because it almost felt like I was one of the characters. Some parts were very exciting, and made me wonder. When Roan has visions I was curious how the characters in his visions would appear in the real life part of the story. I really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it!
Being a school librarian, I'm always looking for books that moves fast and Foon's writing is exactly that. Right from the start his writing holds your attention. He introduces new situations one after the other while at the same he lays the foundation for the story. I'm sure I will purchase the series for our collection. I can think of number of students, both boys and girls, who would be very interested in reading them.
The Dirt Eaters
"The Dirt Eaters" by Dennis Foon, takes place in post-apocalyptic earth, where most modern day things such as metal or solar panels are rare and hard to come by. There is only one place, "the City" where electricity is still abundant and it would appear that metal is worked to make things such as motorcycles, this "City", is apparently trying to dominate the world. The story follows a boy of about fifteen, named Roan; he was raised in the town of Longlight, which was destroyed, and Roan was the only survivor. The "Brothers" a religious cult doing who are sworn to protect others and better the world, took him in. While with the Brothers, Roan is trained to fight and concentrate to calm himself, but all the while Roan has the feeling something isn't quite right.
As the protagonist, Roan grew up in Longlight, a place where people never fought; they believed that fighting corrupted people. When Roan is trained to fight by the Brothers it goes against what his people taught him, however he is very good at it and he tells himself that if his people did fight then they would not have been killed.
The main theme behind "The Dirt Eaters" is about having power, but knowing when to use it. Roan struggles with this throughout the whole book, he can fight, very well, but he was brought up not to fight; however at times it is necessary to fight.
I would recommend this book for nearly all readers; the storyline is good, and it's not too predictable. It's not a really high level of writing, but it is well written, and contrary to most stories it's written in present tense; but once you adjust it's not really noticeable. The characters are all interesting, especially Roan with his inner conflict around violence.
I really enjoyed this book. Many books and movies have been created about After the [pick one War/Bomb/Holocaust] that destroys civilzation as we know it. So many, in fact, that new ones of that genre can be boring or at least cliché. Not this one though! It is well written and has interesting ideas and characters, and pulls in thoughts from many cultural traditions. It asks questions about pacifism vs fighting back, and when to take action and when to wait. It also manages not to be cynical. I couldn't put it down! This is a book I'm glad I own because I will definitely re-read it.
I recently picked up the whole trilogy of this, because I'd read the first one about 5 years back and remembered it being halfway decent.
I'm a very love-it-or hate it kind of reader, and I have to say, I could not feel one way or the other about this series. It would have been easy to just hate it, but Foon is not nearly as offensive to a reader's intelligence as folks like Cassandra Clare or Stephenie Meyer. Roan is a likable guy, and there are some genuine stakes in the story with some decent word-building.
It is a Crapsack World with a capital C and W. But the reason for why things are what they are is never given any explanation, and I mean that about the entire series. I kept expecting an exposition dump that would explain why the white crickets are sacred and sentient, what exactly the Dreamworld was, and how everyone knew the Longlight prophecy was definitely going to fix everything when Longlight itself got slaughtered to a man (and one little girl.)
This being the first book in the series, it was the most cohesive of the bunch. I just can't bring myself to say that this was a stupid series, but it just seemed to suffer from foggy character arcs and plot stakes, in addition to a smidge of world-builder's disease.
It' a delight to discover a series that is not popular but is entertaining and fun to read. Such is Dennis Foon's The Long Light Legacy, the first novel of which appeared in 2003. I've had The Dirt Eaters on my shelf for some time but the title was not appealing enough to me to pick it up. Finally, I did.
The story begins with a young boy as the only survivor of his village in a world gone mad where roaming bands kill, maim and kidnap others. True, his sister survives but is kidnapped by the raiders. As he leaves the village, Roan is captured by men who seem to know more about him than he himself does. He does have strange dreams with the same reoccurring creatures who give advice that he senses he must follow. And, a white cricket resides in his pocket guiding his way. When he discovers that the creatures of his dreams are people with whom he is communicating, he begins to understand some of his world.
I found some of the incidents difficult to rationalize. For example, how can one valley by so polluted by toxins that life cannot exist while another is alive, verdant and safe for life. Putting such thoughts aside, the story is complex and exciting. I look forward to the next in the series, Freewalker.
Read it a million times never gets old.
Definitely worth the buy get all three so you can just keep reading till the end.
Great fun story that can be finished within a few days, but one that also draws some interesting parallels to the modern world. Well worth the read. I recommend the entire trilogy.
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