The Dirt Eaters (Annick $12.95), first title in the Longlight Legacy trilogy, introduces 15-year-old Roan, raised in peace in serene Longlight. But when marauders attack and Roan, forced to flee his devastated homeland, is taken in by warrior priests, he discovers an unsettling talent for fighting. Revenge as justification for "the most horrific cycles of violence known to mankind"; has long distressed acclaimed Vancouver playwright Dennis Foon. 1-55037-807-4

[BCBW Winter 2003]