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.