Kai and Caleb Goodacre have been kidnapped just as rumors of a cult
sweeping across the reservation leads Maggie and Hastiin to investigate
an outpost, and what they find there will challenge everything they've
come to know in this action-packed sequel to Trail of Lightning.
It's been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie
Hoskie, Diné monster hunter, is trying to make the best of things. Only
her latest bounty hunt has gone sideways, she's lost her only friend,
Kai Arviso, and she's somehow found herself responsible for a girl with
a strange clan power.
Then the Goodacre twins show up at Maggie's door with the news that Kai
and the youngest Goodacre, Caleb, have fallen in with a mysterious cult,
led by a figure out of Navajo legend called the White Locust. The
Goodacres are convinced that Kai's a true believer, but Maggie suspects
there's more to Kai's new faith than meets the eye. She vows to track
down the White Locust, then rescue Kai and make things right between
them.
Her search leads her beyond the Walls of Dinétah and straight into the
horrors of the Big Water world outside. With the aid of a motley
collection of allies, Maggie must battle body harvesters, newborn casino
gods, and, ultimately, the White Locust himself. But the cult leader is
nothing like she suspected, and Kai might not need rescuing after all.
When the full scope of the White Locust's plans are revealed, Maggie's
burgeoning trust in her friends and herself will be pushed to the
breaking point, and not everyone will survive.
