City of the Plague God (Unabridged)
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD, an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology written by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series. Characters from the Epic of Gilgamesh populate this high-stakes contemporary adventure in which all of Manhattan is threatened by the ancient god of plagues.
Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik holds the secret to eternal life. Turns out Sik is immortal but doesn't know it, and that's about to get him and the entire city into deep, deep trouble.
Sik's not in this alone. He's got Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, on his side, and a former hero named Gilgamesh, who has taken up gardening in Central Park. Now all they have to do is retrieve the Flower of Immortality to save Manhattan from being wiped out by disease. To succeed, they'll have to conquer sly demons, treacherous gods, and their own darkest nightmares
Customer Reviews
Mini pig
I thought this book was AWSOME. I totally recommend it to anyone
A really good audiobook to listen to
This is a really great audiobook to listen to. I was really invested in the mythology of Mesopotamia and I barely knew any of it so this audiobook introduced me to the culture more than I knew before.
The characters are really great, even if they have a few problems. But most of them are teenagers, so I can forgive that.
I just find it unfortunate that this book was going to be released in the same year we had the pandemic. Nothing wrong with that just talk about rotten timing. As a New Yorker, I was getting a bad case of déjà vu.
But this is a must read for anyone who loves anything mythological and takes place in our modern world