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Trail of Lightning

(2018)
(The first book in the Sixth World series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee)
2019 Locus Award for Best First Novel
2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee)
2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)

‘An excitingly novel tale.’ —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series and Midnight Crossroads series

‘Fun, terrifying, hilarious, and brilliant.’ —Daniel José Older,
New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Star Wars: Last Shot

‘[C]rafts a powerful and fiercely personal journey through a compelling postapocalyptic landscape.’ —Kate Elliott,
New York Times bestselling author of Court of Fives and Black Wolves

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.

Welcome to the Sixth World.



Genre: Urban Fantasy

Praise for this book

"[C]rafts a powerful and fiercely personal journey through a compelling postapocalyptic landscape." - Kate Elliott

"An excitingly novel tale." - Charlaine Harris

"Fun, terrifying, hilarious and brilliant." - Daniel José Older


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