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I tore through Rebecca Roanhorse's Trail of Lightning and immediately picked up the next in series, Storm of Locusts. It scratches the urban fantasy itch despite being decidedly rural and technically post-apocalyptic, though the apocalypse in this case arguably improved the situation of the Navajo nation where most of the story takes place. They're better situated than most of the surviving world, and oh yeah, they have magic.

The story and style are action-movie-ish with some clear comic book superhero influences and an almost throwback "dark and gritty" tone, but the total package is plenty entertaining. The characters... I don't trust any of them, but I do like them. The world-building and mythos are center stage, and very satisfying for recovering mythology nerds like myself, even if authenticity and reverence for the source material are not high priorities. Navajo stories (and, I suspect, a hodgepodge of other Native American stories) are a jumping-off place for Roanhorse's world, as is present day culture on the reservation, and as they say, "Any resemblance to real (or mythological) persons or events is coincidence."

Narration is adequate - pretty flat, but it didn't annoy me or put me to sleep.