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Shadow Falling (Avatars Series #2)

by Tui T. Sutherland
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Overview

I was born in a world ruled by gods.

This worked out well for me, as I am a god.

For centuries we were the rulers of our worlds.

But things changed.

Now, the stakes are high.

Let the games begin. . . .

Caught in an ancient rivalry not of their making, on an earth devoid of all other humans, a group of teens learns they are avatars of immortal gods, put on earth in a form that’s only too mortal. Now they are bound to fight one another—and only one of them can survive.

Do they resist the forces controlling them and unite to save themselves and perhaps even return to their own time? Or can one of them win this battle and seize immortality and the life of a god?

Tui T. Sutherland ups the ante in this second volume of her witty and absorbing fantasy trilogy about life, immortality, and what it means to live among the gods—and to do their dirty work.

Synopsis

I was born in a world ruled by gods.

This worked out well for me, as I am a god.

For centuries we were the rulers of our worlds.

But things changed.

Now, the stakes are high.

Let the games begin. . . .

Caught in an ancient rivalry not of their making, on an earth devoid of all other humans, a group of teens learns they are avatars of immortal gods, put on earth in a form that s only too mortal. Now they are bound to fight one another and only one of them can survive.

Do they resist the forces controlling them and unite to save themselves and perhaps even return to their own time? Or can one of them win this battle and seize immortality and the life of a god?

Tui T. Sutherland ups the ante in this second volume of her witty and absorbing fantasy trilogy about life, immortality, and what it means to live among the gods and to do their dirty work.

ALA Booklist

“There’s excitement here.”

About the Author, Tui T. Sutherland

Tui T. Sutherland is named after a rather noisy New Zealand bird. She loves lost civilizations and postapocalyptic stories, and she has recurring end-of-the-world dreams (perhaps a side effect of being a Buffy fan!). Tui was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived all over the world before ending up in Boston, where she now resides with her husband and her dog, whose superpowers include hiding half-chewed things in the couch and woofing at noises no one else can hear. Tui is also the author of the first two books in the Avatars trilogy as well as This Must Be Love.

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Editorials

ALA Booklist

“There’s excitement here.”

Kirkus Reviews

Set in a future Manhattan nearly devoid of people but well-stocked with squabbling gods of several pantheons, this second episode adds even more Avatars-teenaged mortals imbued with the powers of a selected deity and sent forth to duke it out with each other until one achieves supremacy. The Avatars (most of them) have other ideas, however, and here they continue to band together to help one another while trying out their new abilities. Focusing on her young cast's inner and outer conflicts, the author doesn't move the plot forward much, but she does throw the sponsoring gods, particularly the Greek ones, into an unflattering, often comic light while trotting in several new characters with unknown identities or agendas. Reading like a role-playing game that's just moving out of its character-oriented, set-up phase and into the action part, this closes with some of the Avatars sailing off for Africa, and leaves plenty of openings for future numbers-plus a heavy hint that the setting isn't as real as the players suppose. Gamers with a literary bent may be drawn in. (Fantasy. 11-13)

Book Details

Published
October 1, 2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060851460

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