Waiting on Wednesdays is the brainchild of Jill at Breaking the Spine, and because Jill isn’t hosting it any more, I’m now linking up with Can’t Wait Wednesday at Wishful Endings. Stop over there and link up your “Can’t Wait” book of the week!
This cover was just revealed (you know how I love a good cover reveal!) and it’s so unexpectedly delightful, there was no other choice for a WoW feature this week:
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—and best—hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much larger and more terrifying than anything she could imagine.
Maggie reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel to the rez to unravel clues from ancient legends, trade favors with tricksters, and battle dark witchcraft in a patchwork world of deteriorating technology.
As Maggie discovers the truth behind the disappearances, she will have to confront her past—if she wants to survive.
Welcome to the Sixth World.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse. Releases in June 2018 from Saga Press. How exciting to see a SFF story that focuses on Native Americans, written by a Native American! And even better, the story sounds amazing. I urge you to visit the cover reveal on the B&N Sci Fi and Fantasy Blog, where you can read a short Q&A about the author’s inspirations. This is one debut I’m definitely going to read!
This does sound good thanks for featuring it!
Thanks for visiting, Stormi:-)
I saw this one too last week and I already added it to my wishlist. I love Native American culture and am thrilled to see it incorporated into this book. Plus the cover really rocks. I almost featured this one this week too but I already had my post drafted when the cover was revealed. Great choice.
BTW, great author comments on the cover too. This book should be epic.
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I’ve had that happen, when I schedule something and then a cool cover is revealed after, I guess that’s one reason I’m terrible at scheduling too far ahead of time:-)
That does sound like a pretty cool read. Great pick.
Thanks Bob. It definitely sounds like it has some unique elements.
This sounds like a great read. Great pick!!
Thanks!
Love the cover~ sounds really good too. Enjoy!
Renee ~ My CWW
Me too, one of my favorite covers this year!
This sounds exciting and intense! I like the premise quite a bit–and the tie to the Navajo. I hope you enjoy it!
I’m very excited, I hope the story is as good as it sounds:-)
This is great! Yes, I’m always glad to see books featuring Native Americans and written by same. I recently put a mystery on my list that features a Cherokee protagonist and the author is Cherokee as well – set in Oklahoma. I’m looking forward to it.
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Ooh, that does sound good!
Amazing cover! and I love the premise. Navajo legendry and apocalypse? I’m there.
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Yep, the combination of story elements grabbed me right away:-)
This looks so cool – I’m adding it to my tbr right now! 🙂
It sounds like a unique idea, right?
This one sounds great! Thank you for sharing, Tammy – as ever you are all over the coolest books:)
I try to be:-)
Ooh, I love the idea of this! Glad you brought it to my attention! Thanks for stopping by my Wednesday post at Lisa Loves Literature earlier!
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Thanks for visiting, Lisa!
I’m always curious to see if you’ll feature the same book after major fantasy cover reveals because we both have the same great tastes in fantasy 😉 Agreed, this sounds awesome and I hope it’ll be good!
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I don’t catch ALL the cover reveals, but I just happened to see this one on Twitter. Yeah, I had a feeling you might pick this too:-)
I just commented on Mogy’s WoW that I can’t recall ever personally reading a story focusing on Native American culture?
I don’t think I have either, should be good:-)
Oh wow, that is a gorgeous cover! And I am loving the Native American gods and monsters in this!
I love the cover too, especially the bad-ass girl on top of a truck!
I’m dying for this one! Rebecca Roanhorse seems very cool and smart, and I can’t wait to see what she’s got on offer for us. I’ll also be checking out her upcoming MG book!
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I don’t know much about the author, but the story idea sure sounds like my kind of thing:-)
Ooo I like this cover! I’d not heard of this author before. You are always introducing me to new adult SFF, Tammy. 😀 I hope you enjoy this book when you get the chance to read it!
Have a wonderful week. =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
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Ouuuh the whole Native American thing has me super curious. They have some really awesome mythos that can be used for great stories too. 😮
I agree, plus girl with weapons on top of a pick up truck. How can you go wrong?
This does sound good and it’s got a cracking cover.
Lynn 😀
Isn’t the cover wonderful?
I added this one immediately after seeing that cover reveal. I’ve been crazy for urban fantasy this year and this sounds fantastic.
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