THE PERSISTENCE OF MYTHOLOGY – FICTION
Harmonia Rosales‘ Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic, her debut book, leads a panel of authors presenting new books rooted in mythic worlds and powers. Chronicles of Ori is an epic that spans the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance. Vividly brought to life by her artwork, Rosales writes of the Orishas, the founding of Yorubaland, and the bond – sometimes fraying – between the Orishas and the humans who worship them. Seventh grader Jackson “Jax” Freeman is a summoner – he can call on the magical powers of his ancestors. In Kwame Mbalia’s Jax Freeman and the Tournament of Spirits, he faces summoners from around the world – but the competition isn’t the only thing in store for him. The elders of the magical families have a secret, special quest for Jax. Can he win and still save himself and his friends? As night falls on Asgard in George O’Connor’s Asgardians: Loki, the trickster god is thinking about his challenge to the wolf Fenrir. He remembers Thjazi, the jotunn in monstrous eagle form, and he worries he has fallen out of favor with his blood brother, Odin. Can he worm his way back in, or, feeling spurned, will Loki choose to burn it all down? Lena, the central character in Ivy Pochoda’s Ecstasy, wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she contends with her controlling, humorless son, Drew. Years of marriage among the wealthy elite have smothered her spirit – but an ancient god will soon stir, leading her to rediscover her true nature.
Buy Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic – Rosales
Buy Jax Freeman and the Tournament of Spirits – Mbalia
Buy Asgardians: Loki – O’Connor
