u003cbu003eBest-selling author Rick Riordan presents J. C. Cervantes's exciting new spin-off from the best-selling STORM RUNNER trilogy.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e"This duology opener is accessible to readers who are new to this world. An engrossing, god-filled delight."--u003ciu003eKirkus Reviewsu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Fourteen-year-old Renata Santiago is the most powerful godborn of them all, a bruja with a unique combination of DNA. The Mexica blood from her dad's side gives her the ability to manipulate shadows. Her mom Pacific, a Maya goddess, gifted her a magical rope that controls time, and Ren recently used it to save a few gods from getting stuck forever in 1987. She brought them back to the present, but her BFF Ah Puch, the once fearsome god of death, darkness, and destruction, is now a teenager with no divine powers.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Ren is also a girl with ordinary hopes and dreams. She wishes, for example, that her blog about alien sightings would garner more respect. She's always been absolutely convinced that there's a connection between aliens and the Maya civilization. Plenty of online haters feel differently, and they call her a fake, a liar, and a loser.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e When Ren receives an email about an alien sighting in Kansas, she thinks it may support her theory. She also suspects that the cinco--five renegade godborns--are up to no good. Soon she finds herself embroiled in a quest to prevent the troublemakers from awakening the nine Aztec Lords of Night. Problem is, none of Ren's friends are available to help her hunt down the cinco and the dangerous gods they are resurrecting. Ren has no choice but to team up with two strangers recruited by Ah Puch: Edison, a teen hybrid demon, and Montero, an eleven-year-old Aztec hunter. Succeeding in this quest will prove that Ren is no fake, liar, or loser. But it isn't just another challenge. It could well be an impossible one that leaves Ren questioning her very existence.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eAnyone who enjoys fast-paced myth-based adventures will be swept up in this one featuring Maya and Mexica gods and their magical offspring.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eEndorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e Can't get enough of Mesoamerican mythology? Get the prequel trilogy!u003cbru003e Rick Riordan Presents: u003ciu003eThe Storm Runneru003c/iu003e by J. C. Cervantesu003cbru003e Rick Riordan Presents: u003ciu003eThe Fire Keeperu003c/iu003e by J. C. Cervantesu003cbru003e Rick Riordan Presents: u003ciu003eThe Shadow Crosseru003c/iu003e by J. C. Cervantes
