City of the Plague God, Sarwat Chadda
City of the Plague God, Sarwat Chadda
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City of the Plague God

Author: Sarwat Chadda

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2021

Synopsis

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

About Sarwat Chadda

Sarwat Chadda is the New York Times bestselling author of the City of the Plague God duology, the Spiritstone Saga, the Ash Mistry trilogy, the Shadow Magic trilogy, and the Devil’s Kiss duology. He has written for Star Wars and Minecraft as well as the 39 Clues and Spirit Animals series. Sarwat is a first-generation Muslim immigrant of South Asian descent who loves writing over-the-top adventures. His work has received numerous starred reviews and was a Goodreads Choice Best Middle Grade Award Nominee. He has been published in over a dozen languages. Outside of novels, he’s written plays, comic books, and TV shows, including The Legend of Hanuman for Disney+ Hotstar. Sarwat lives in London. Feel free to drop him a line on X (previously known as Twitter) at @SarwatChadda and Instagram at @Sarwat_Chadda or visit him at SarwatChadda.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick on December 24, 2020

You Want Mythology? Let’s Get Old School! It doesn’t get any more ‘Old School’ than Mesopotamia. Without a doubt, the stories of Sumer, Babylon and the rest of the Fertile Crescent are my favorite myths that I’ve never written about. Fortunately, I don’t have to. Sarwat Chadda knows the stories bette......more

Goodreads review by Angelica on March 29, 2021

This book is basically about a pandemic. It's crazy to think about this book having been written in 2018 but published in 2021. The world has changed so much in that time, and I understand why the author might have felt a certain way about publishing this last year when it had first been scheduled to......more

Goodreads review by Sheena on January 11, 2021

A plague takes over the city of Manhattan and Sik has to take down the evil God Nergal to save the world. If only someone could do that to save us from Covid because I am starting to lose my mind ya’ll. I digress. Reading City of Plague God unlocked a memory of me back in 6th or 7th grade learning a......more

Goodreads review by Beenish on June 21, 2021

3 solid stars! | I really enjoyed this book but not much the protagonist. I also didn't like that I didn't get to know much of mesopotamian mythology which is why I was interested in this book. But it was cool and enjoyable! Review to come.......more

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