Killer of Enemies

Joseph Bruchac

Jan 2013 · Lee & Low Books

About this ebook

American Indian Youth Literature Award - American Indian Library Association

A post-Apocalyptic YA novel with a steampunk twist, based on an Apache legend.

Years ago, seventeen-year-old Apache hunter Lozen and her family lived in a world of haves and have-nots. There were the Ones-people so augmented with technology and genetic enhancements that they were barely human-and there was everyone else who served them.

Then the Cloud came, and everything changed. Tech stopped working. The world plunged back into a new steam age. The Ones' pets-genetically engineered monsters-turned on them and are now loose on the world.

Fate has given Lozen a unique set of survival skills and magical abilities that she uses to take down monsters for the Ones who have kidnapped her family. But with every monster she takes down, Lozen's powers grow, and she connects those powers to an ancient legend of her people. It soon becomes clear to Lozen that she is not just a hired gun.

As the legendary Killer of Enemies was in the ancient days of the Apache people, Lozen is meant to be a more than a hunter. Lozen is meant to be a hero.

Ratings and reviews

It was an interesting dystopian book packed with action and Native American folklore, but the style was odd, and some male authors don't do the greatest job of writing a female narrator. This was one of those books.

About the author

JOSEPH BRUCHAC is an award-winning storyteller, poet, and author of more than one hundred twenty books for adults and young readers. His work, which often draws on his Abenaki ancestry, has won numerous awards, including ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, National Wildlife Federation Award, and multiple state association awards. He and his two grown sons work extensively on the preservation of Abenaki culture, language, and traditional Native outdoor skills. Bruchac has also taught martial arts for more than thirty years, focusing in particular on the martial art of Indonesia, Pentjak Silat, in which he holds the rank of Master. Bruchac lives in Greenfield Center, New York.