About “Trail of Lightning”
Trail of Lightning is a 2018 fantasy novel by Rebecca Roanhorse. It follows Maggie Hoskie, a Navajo monster-slayer, in a post-apocalyptic world where a supernatural disaster has destroyed most of North America. The story involves monsters and Native American gods. The novel won the 2019 Locus Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Nebula awards. It features Navajo-inspired names for Maggie's antagonists, including Neizghání, who serves as both mentor and adversary. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 2018