It’s true that Supernatural is a natural choice for comparing to Trail of Lightning, and I definitely feel that vibe. But along the way they find there’s a lot more than meets the eye, and it involves Coyote and other gods and figures of legend-including the immortal monsterslayer who trained Maggie before turning his back on her. Together, Maggie and Kai pick up the trail of a witch who is making monsters. To confront it, she reluctantly partners up with the grandson of a powerful medicine man (who is powerful in his own right). As the story begins, Maggie stumbles onto something bad. Maggie Hoskie has made a living for herself hunting and killing those monsters. With the coming of the Big Water and the beginning of the Sixth World, though, comes monsters-both human and otherwise. The former Navajo Nation, or Dinétah as it is called here, is one of the few places to remain dry. It’s the near future, and the Big Water has swallowed up most of the continent. It’s an intense, richly presented urban fantasy adventure that leaves me wanting more. I’m thinking, “I would love to read more works by Indigenous writers” and also “I would love to read some more science fiction and fantasy this summer” and the people I follow must have picked up on that because everyone was all, “You have got to read this.” Well, Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning lives up to the hype. Sometimes Twitter really, really comes through.
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