Down Came The Rain And Washed The Spider Out.
Storm of Locusts (Sixth World, book 2)
By Rebecca Roanhorse
15 Mar, 2019
Doing What the WFC Cannot Do
2019’s Storm of Locusts is the second volume in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Sixth World series1.
The oceans rose, civilization fell, and the gods returned. Possibly not in that order. The Walls of Dinétah keep the worst of the chaos outside Diné lands. Yet life inside the Walls can still be challenging, thanks to a plague of wandering monsters. Against the monsters stand a chosen few, the beneficiaries of what are called clan gifts. Superpowers. The chosen ones may lead lives that are all too often pitiably short, but it’s worth it to protect friends and families from the stalking horrors.
Maggie Hoskie’s gifts — speed, bloodlust — make her a superb monster-hunter. The events of the earlier volume, Trail of Lightning, left her in possession of a magic sword. She will need it soon. Too bad she has no idea how to wield it.