Trail of Lightning
core novel 2018 The Sixth World
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (27,861 ratings, collected 2026-08-15) |
| Page count | 287 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781534413498 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Sixth World
- Series: The Sixth World core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best First Novel), 2019: won; Confirmed directly against Locus's own 2019 winners announcement; independently corroborated by the author's own contemporaneous blog post.
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2018: finalist; Confirmed directly via nebulas.sfwa.org's own 2018 award-year page. Did not win.
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2019: finalist; Confirmed directly via thehugoawards.org's own 2019 history page. Did not win.
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2019: nominated; Confirmed directly via the World Fantasy Convention's own 2019 awards page. Did not win.
Notes
- From the series record (The Sixth World): Maggie Hoskie / Kai Arviso post-apocalyptic Dinétah sequence. 2 further entries appear as untitled, undated placeholders (#3/#4) on the series' own listing page on its rating platform; unannounced/unpublished per Article 2, so the series is still marked ongoing rather than complete.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Sixth World: position 1 of 2: next Storm of Locusts (2019)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Trail of Lightning
- Simon & Schuster: The Sixth World series page
- Locus Online: 2019 Locus Awards Winners
- Rebecca Roanhorse: Locus Award Winner!
- SFWA Nebula Awards: 2018 award year
- The Hugo Awards: 2019 Hugo Awards
- World Fantasy Convention: World Fantasy Awards 2019
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