A younger Sol priest stood next to her, interpreting what she said in sign language.
“Dioses and semidioses,” Luna said, her voice carrying over the crowd, which immediately hushed. The Sunbearer Trials won’t officially hit shelves until September, but we’re thrilled to bring you the very first excerpt from this magical adventure right now. Now they must compete in five mysterious trials, against opponents who are both more powerful and better trained, for fame, glory, and their own survival. In fact, he chooses two: Xio, the 13-year-old child of Mala Suerte, god of bad luck, and…Teo.
Teo wouldn’t mind taking Aurelio down a notch or two, but a one-in-ten chance of death is a bit too close for Teo’s taste.īut then, for the first time in over a century, Sol chooses a semidiós who isn’t a Gold. He also can’t help but worry (reluctantly, and under protest) for Aurelio, a powerful Gold semidiós and Teo’s friend-turned-rival who is a shoo-in for the Trials. His best friend Niya?daughter of Tierra, the god of earth?is one of the strongest heroes of their generation and is much too likely to be chosen this year. Teo, a 17-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of Quetzal, goddess of birds, has never worried about the Trials…or rather, he’s only worried for others. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all?they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body used to fuel the Sun Stones that will protect the people of Reino del Sol for the next ten years. Ten semidioses between the ages of thirteen and eighteen are selected by Sol himself as the most worthy to compete in The Sunbearer Trials.
Here’s how the publisher describes the story.Īs each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil Obsidian gods at bay. (Though if you’ve not read their Cemetery Boys or Lost in the Never Woods now would be the time, just saying!) The winner of the competition will bring light to all the temples, but the loser will become a human sacrifice to power the Sun Stones that protect the people of Reino del Sol.Įffortlessly diverse and set in a robust, fully realized fantasy world bursting with necessary queer, trans, nonbinary, and Latine representation, this thrilling adventure more than proves Thomas’s range as an author. But author Aiden Thomas’s new duology appears as though it will swing for the fences in big, necessary ways, deftly mixing elements of Mexican culture and folklore with familiar YA fantasy tropes.Įvery ten years, a series of trials must be held to ensure that the Sun’s light is replenished and the ruthless Obsidian Gods kept at bay. Upcoming YA fantasy adventure The Sunbearer Trials is described by the publisher as Percy Jackson meets The Hunger Games, which is, you know, kind of a bold statement to make given how popular both those franchises are.
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