Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Maya and the Rising Dark
Written by Rena Barron
Narrated by Soneela Nankani
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
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About this audiobook
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. Perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and The Serpent’s Secret.
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. Her friends try to find an explanation—perhaps a ghost uprising or a lunchroom experiment gone awry. But to Maya, it sounds like something from one of Papa’s stories or her favorite comics.
When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and familiar as she uncovers the truth. 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. Maya herself is a godling, half orisha and half human, and her neighborhood is a safe haven. But 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. She just hopes she can do it in time to attend Comic-Con before summer’s over.
Narrated by Soneela Nankani
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateSep 22, 2020
ISBN9780358343547
Author
Rena Barron
Rena Barron grew up in small-town Alabama, where stories of magic and adventure sparked her imagination. After penning her first awful poem in middle school, she graduated to writing short stories and novels by high school. Rena has an affinity for good cheese, wine, and nature. When she’s not writing, she can be found reading or brushing up on her French. Find her online at www.renabarron.com.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Sep 12, 2023
A decent mythological fantasy adventure. It failed to wow me, but I can see others loving it. The audiobook includes random sound effects that were done so inconsistently I found then annoying and detracting from the story instead of enhancing it.