![]() ![]() ![]() Failure will mean Casiopea's demise, but success could make her dreams come true. ![]() She opens it-and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before."- Bustle NEBULA AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - Tordotcom - The New York Public Library - BookRiot The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. ![]() " A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology. About the Book Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2019.īook Synopsis The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. ![]()
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