5/13/2023 0 Comments Trail of lightning roanhorseThrough the novel, Hoskie and a medicine man call Kai travel the roads and communities of Dinétah in search of the witch who is creating monsters using a magic black flint drill. Hoskie is abandoned by her tutor-trainer and possible lover shortly before the story begins. The main character, Maggie Hoskie, is a Navajo woman who is a monster slayer trained by a deity-hero figure called Neizgháni. It is within this arena that Diné gods, heroes, tricksters, humans, witches, and monsters live, interact and die. The Navajo Reservation, known as Dinétah, survives as an independent community surrounded by a massive wall built by humans and Diné gods. The novel takes place after most of the world is destroyed through a massive flood known as the Great Water. The setting is a post-apocalyptic world rife with poverty, crime, violence, betrayal, and hunger. Trail of Lightning is Rebecca Roanhorse’s first novel and the first of a planned series known as the Sixth World.
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