


Sol chooses not one, but two Jade competitors. Teo is determined to get himself and his friends through the trials unscathed-for fame, glory, and their own survival. Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest.

Worst of all, Teo’s annoyingly handsome ex-best friend and famous semidiós Hero, Aurelio is favored to win. Now they must compete in five trials against Gold opponents who are more powerful and better trained. Teo, and Xio, the thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. His best friend, Niya is a Gold semidiós and a shoo-in for the Trials, and while he trusts her abilities, the odds of becoming the sacrifice is one-in-ten.īut then, for the first time in over a century, the impossible happens. Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials. 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 melted down to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. 'Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. Now they must compete in five mysterious trials, against opponents who are more powerful and better trained, for fame, glory, and their own survival.2022 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science FictionĪs each new decade begins, the Sun’s power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the chaotic Obsidian gods at bay. Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. But then, for the first time in over a century, Sol chooses semidioses who aren't established Heroes: Xio, the 13-year-old child of Mala Suerte, god of bad luck, and. The trials are only for Heroes, and he isn't one. Teo, 17-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about being chosen. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser will be sacrificed to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years.

But for the first time in over a century, Sol chooses not one, but two Jade. From the New York Times–bestselling author of Cemetery Boys comes the first installment of an electric Mexican-inspired fantasy duology, in which semidioses compete in a series of trials with world-altering stakes.Īs each new decade begins, Sol selects the ten most worthy semidioses to compete in The Sunbearer Trials. Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where ten semidioses compete in a series of.
