Trail of Lightning
"While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine. Maggie reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel the rez, unraveling clues from ancient legends, trading favors with tricksters, and battling dark witchcraft in a patchwork world of deteriorating technology. As Maggie discovers the truth behind the killings, she will have to confront her past if she wants to survive." --amazon.com.
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After the Big Water drowned most of the world, the Navajo reservation walled itself off as Dinetah, and the old gods and monsters came back.
Rebecca Roanhorse's Sixth World series has two books: Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts. The series is currently complete; Roanhorse has since written the Between Earth and Sky trilogy in a different setting.
Yes. Trail of Lightning is a post-apocalyptic urban fantasy set in Dinetah (the Navajo Nation) after climate-driven flooding has reshaped the world. The novel draws extensively on Navajo mythology.
Trail of Lightning was written by Rebecca Roanhorse, published in 2018 by Saga Press.
Trail of Lightning is 287 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Trail of Lightning takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Trail of Lightning is a standalone novel by Rebecca Roanhorse, not part of a series.
Trail of Lightning is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.