Action packed tale that requires suspension of belief, but fun escapism anyway. Can a teen-aged woman really be that strong? Can someone living in such an oppressive place be so intelligent?
I kept trying to make connections between the main character and the almost-nothing I know about the historical Lozen. I hope sequels give us sources (or that the print book contains sources I didn't hear in the audio version--knowing Bruchac, that is likely).
At some point, I started getting tired of the many varied monsters that kept popping up. Fortunately the focus began to shift from just monster-slaying to actually making a change in the lives of those trapped in the "work camp". ( )

Lozen has a great voice, and this post-apocalyptic story is altogether excellent. I really love how Bruchac seamlessly weaves the Apache background of his character into the larger tale -- using it to illustrate and reflect, to provide ideas and to explain survival mechanisms. It's really great. Also, Sasquatch! Yes! ( )

teen adventure/sci-fi/fantasy/dystopia with Native American heroine (by the award-winning Joseph Bruchac). (reviewed from ARC) ( )

This is getting an extra star because its ending is so interesting to me. I'm still not quite sure that I loved it, but it left me thinking about a number of things.

The story is a really solid action packed adventure following an Apache girl, the title's Killer of Enemies. There are hints of the supernatural, genetically modified creatures, an interesting backstory, and lots of Native American details. This isn't a book about the main character being Apache, but it's also not a book that just throws out a single detail about her heritage and moves on with the story. It's also a fast read that keeps you hooked.

One of my only dislikes is the way the character enumerates things to herself repeatedly. At first, I enjoyed this slightly snarky tendency, but then it was used SO FREQUENTLY that it started to grate on my nerves a bit.

Solid choice if you have a dystopian fan looking for something as fast paced and addictive as [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775]. ( )

Lozen is named for the Killer of Enemies and used as a hunter/stalking horse by the elites who’ve imprisoned what remains of her family in their post-apocalyptic compound. (The elites survived the Cloud, which destroyed everything electronic and battery-driven in the world, and now run tiny fiefdoms, half-crazed by what they’ve lost and by their genetic modifications.) Lozen has a plan to get her family free, but it’s complicated by a cute boy and by the psychic powers she’s starting to suspect she has. Suffered from comparison to Rebecca Roanhorse’s book, which is also about a young woman in a post-apocalyptic southwestern landscape using tribal powers to fight monsters awakened by the apocalypse; Bruchac seems to be writing for a slightly younger audience than Roanhorse, with lots of exclamation points, which also didn’t help me as a reader. ( )