In this highly anticipated contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old
Maya's search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle
between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark
world. Perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and
The Serpent's Secret.
Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago
neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like werehyenas stalking
the streets at night and a scary man made of shadows plaguing her
dreams. Her friends try to find an explanation--perhaps a ghost uprising
or a lunchroom experiment gone awry. But to Maya, it sounds like
something from one of Papa's stories or her favorite comics.
When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and
familiar as she uncovers the truth. Her father is the guardian of the
veil between our world and the Dark--where an army led by the Lord of
Shadows, the man from Maya's nightmares, awaits. Maya herself is a
godling, half orisha and half human, and her neighborhood is a safe
haven. But now that the veil is failing, the Lord of Shadows is
determined to destroy the human world and it's up to Maya to stop him.
She just hopes she can do it in time to attend Comic-Con before summer's
over.