Friday, December 14, 2018

Friday Memes: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Happy Friday everybody!
Book Beginnings on Friday is now hosted by Rose City ReaderThe Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Beginning:
The monster has been here. I can smell him.
Friday 56:
"I thought you said your truck was some kind of supermachine."

"No, I said she was a classic, and that means you treat her with respect. Once you get past Twin Lakes, the road's pretty much a suggestion up until Nahodishgish. Overheating's bad, but one big pothole and the axle's toast. Any idea how hard it is to replace the axle on a 1972 Chevy these days?"
This week I am featuring Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse from my TBR pile. Here is the description from Amazon:
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.

12 comments:

  1. This one sounds frightening. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!

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  2. Great choice! I was literally just thinking about picking this up for a readathon TBR next year, so this was perfect for me to see.

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  3. Sounds like an inetresting fantasy thriller!

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  4. Probably not one I'd choose, but I do LOVE that opening! Hope you're enjoying it.

    My Book Beginnings this week is from a cozy mystery by Diana Xarissa: The Appleton Case

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  5. This sounds awesome! Enjoy! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  6. Oooh! This book sounds like it is going to be a good one! That 56 reminds me of something my dad would say about his car. Enjoy! :)

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  7. I loved this book so much. Hope you do as well!

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  8. Reminds me of my dad's old truck. He wouldn't part with it. LOL

    My Friday 56 from Glitter Bomb

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  9. Not sure what to make of that 56, to be honest, but it has me coming up with a bunch of scenarios. Happy weekend!

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  10. Wow, that’s an awesome opening line. I hope the book is good.

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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