Gods of Jade and Shadow
Synopsis
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. โA spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before.โโBustle NEBULAโฆ The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. โA spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before.โโBustle NEBULA AWARD FINALIST โข NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR โข Tordotcom โข The New York Public Library โข BookRiot The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfatherโs house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfatherโs room. She opens itโand accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopeaโs demise, but success could make her dreams come true. In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatรกn to the bright lights of Mexico Cityโand deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld. Praise for Gods of Jade and Shadow โA dark, dazzling fairy tale . . . a whirlwind tour of a 1920s Mexico vivid with jazz, the memories of revolution, and gods, demons, and magic.โโNPR โSnappy dialog, stellar worldbuilding, lyrical prose, and a slow-burn romance make this a standout. . . . Purchase where Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor, and N. K. Jemisin are popular.โโLibrary Journal (starred review) โA magical novel of duality, tradition, and change . . . Moreno-Garciaโs seamless blend of mythology and history provides a ripe setting for Casiopeaโs stellar journey of self-discovery, which culminates in a dramatic denouement. Readers will gladly immerse th
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