He is an old medicine man that has helped and saved Mags in the past when no one else would. Are we defined by what we do, or can we rise above our pasts? The story is made even more enjoyable by some well written supporting characters. This is the underlining theme of the story. Is she a monster, or is she a person who has done awful things to survive. She has a difficult time defining what she is. Like many other main protagonists with incredible gifts, Mags is wracked by guilt.

But sometimes the worst monsters are the ones within.” This allows her to eke out a small existence as a bounty hunter and monster killer in exchange for small amounts of tradeable goods or money. In Mag’s case, it is the power of fighting, and she has the skills of the warrior inside her. Also, some individuals have “clan powers” or powers that represent the clan they are from. They keep the floods and the people at bay. These walls, 50 feet tall, were magically created to protect the Navajo Nation of Dinétah. Large walls have enveloped the southwest.

” She was the victim of great violence as a teenager, thus shuttling her on a path of fighting monsters.īecause of the flooding, referred to as “big water” several changes have occurred on the lands. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much larger and more terrifying than anything she could imagine.

When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last-and best-hope. “ Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. Maggie, or Mags, as she is called, is a survivor. Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse follows protagonist Maggie Hoskie as she lives and battles in the “sixth world.” The Sixth World is the age that has come after climate change and the big floods that have taken most of the land.

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