Today, we are a stop on Moira Young’s Rule of Three Blog Tour, celebrating the release of Rebel Heart. I loved Blood Red Road (in fact, it was on my top 10 favorite reads of 2011 list) so was thrilled when we were asked to host a stop on the blog tour for this most highly anticipated second novel. Here to talk about Rebel Heart and Saba’s heartstone, please give a warm welcome to Moira Young! The Heartstone At the start of many a hero’s journey, the hero is given a gift; a talisman or amulet for protection and guidance. It may be imbued with special powers or somehow representative of the collected wisdom of the tribe. The giver is generally an older, mentor figure. In Star Wars, for example, Obi Wan Kenobi gives Luke Skywalker the light sabre that belonged to his father and teaches him how to use it. As Saba’s journey begins in Blood Red Road, she seeks out Mercy, a strong, solitary woman who was a friend of her late mother. I got somethin to give you, says Mercy. It’s a rosy pink stone. Smooth, shaped like a bird’s egg, about the length of my thumb. […]