Day: July 23, 2020

Recommended read: ‘Trail of Lightning’ by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Rebecca Roanhorse is a The New York Times’ bestselling author, and a Nebula award-winning and Hugo-nominated speculative fiction writer. She is also a 2017 Campbell Award Finalist for Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy writer. Her novel ‘Trail of Lightning’ is the first book in the Sixth World series, followed by “Storm of Locusts” in 2019. ‘Black Sun,’ an epic fantasy set in a secondary world inspired by the Pre-Columbian Americas, is her next novel and will be released on Tuesday October 13, 2020. ‘Trail of Lightning’ is a recommended summer read for science fiction/fantasy fans and features Maggie Hoskie, a Dinétah monster hunter and supernaturally gifted killer.

In ‘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. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. What Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine. She reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel the reservation, 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.

New release: ‘Red Zone’ by Luke Murphy

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‘Red Zone’ is the newest novel in The Charlene Taylor Mysteries by Luke Murphy. Photo: google

Luke Murphy is the international bestselling author of two series: The Calvin Watters Mysteries: “Dead Man’s Hand” and “Wild Card” and The Charlene Taylor Mysteries: “Kiss & Tell” and “Rock-A-Bye Baby.” He is a teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and a Bachelor of Education (Magna Cum Laude). His newest novel, “Red Zone: A Calvin Watters & Charlene Taylor Mystery (A Calvin Watters Mystery) has Calvin Watters, a former running back at USC, and Detective Charlene Taylor, working together on a homicide case when a woman’s dead body is found on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum football field.

In “Red Zone,” Calvin has not returned to USC since he was stripped of his scholarship.  Detective Charlene Taylor knows the freshman cheerleader’s murder is complicated because the USC football team is a close knit family and getting inside the trusted circle as a cop is nearly impossible. When Calvin and Charlene meet, Charlene sees an opportunity to use Calvin to penetrate the circle. Little does she know that Calvin is now an outsider who is no longer welcome and who many would like to see fail. Together they must find a way to solve this case without letting their egos get in the way.