![]() ![]() With her friends-Eli, Frankie, Zeran, and Eleni-by her side, Maya leads the charge in an epic showdown that takes her across worlds and to the edge of the universe. She must face the Lord of Shadows or risk losing everything. But when an attack hits close to home, Maya doesn’t have any more time to prepare. 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). We recently had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Rena and she talks about her inspiration behind the. Her latest book Maya and the Rising Dark comes out on September 22nd, which is the beginning of a brand new middle-grade series rooted in West African mythology. ![]() Maya and her friends aren’t going down without a fight. In MAYA AND THE RISING DARK, a twelve-year-old girl from the south side of Chicago discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she’ll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war. Readers know Rena Barron as the author of the Kingdom of Souls series. ![]() 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. Despite everything Maya and her father have done, the veil that protects the human world is failing. 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. ![]()
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