maya and the lord of shadows rena barron

She’s honing her guardian powers, with the help of two new allies-her long lost guardian sister and a mysterious darkbringer (who might be a double agent). Maya and her friends aren’t going down without a fight. And it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through the veil and destroys Maya’s neighborhood and the rest of the world. The Lord of Shadows has raised an army powerful enough to challenge the orishas. In the thrilling third and final book in the acclaimed Maya and the Rising Dark trilogy that Kirkus calls “truly #BlackGirlMagic,” Maya must face off with the Lord of Shadows to save the human world from impending war with the Dark.ĭespite everything Maya and her father have done, the veil that protects the human world is failing. Visit Maya’s activities page for fun quizzes, activities, and the view the educator/parent guides.Ĭlarion Books (a division of HarperCollins) Even if that means teaming up with their greatest enemies, the darkbringers. And this time, Maya and her friends will need all the help they can get. The Lord of Shadows is mobilizing his forces for an all-out war against the human world. Maya and her friends discover that something went terribly wrong during their journey to bring her father back to the human world, they are forced to return to The Dark and restore what they left behind, the one thing keeping the veil from falling: her father’s soul. After crossing the veil between the two worlds, saving her father, and narrowly escaping the sinister clutches of the Lord of Shadows, tensions between the human world and The Dark are higher than ever. The threat from The Dark is far from over. REQUEST A SIGNED COPY: SEMICOLON | WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST | 57TH STREET BO OKS She just hopes she can do it in time to attend Comic-Con before summer’s over. Now that the veil is failing, the Lord of Shadows is determined to destroy the human world and it’s up to Maya to stop him. Her father is the guardian of the veil between our world and the Dark-where an army led by the Lord of Shadows, the man from Maya’s nightmares, awaits. When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and familiar as she uncovers the truth. Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like werehyenas stalking the streets at night and a scary man made of shadows plaguing her dreams. Perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and The Serpent’s Secret. In this highly anticipated contemporary fantasy, twelve-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (now a Clarion Books, a division of HarperCollins)

Maya and the lord of shadows rena barron