American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Harper Collins
Paperback
*Athena’s Pick!*
I’ve always been interested in mythology. (I mean, my name IS Athena) American Gods is the most wonderful, sometimes awfully dark twist in modern mythology. The best part about this book is that it was written while Neil Gaiman traveled alone across America. He wrote fantastical things about real places, which leaves you thinking that maybe this was all real life, after all.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies . . . and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.
Harper Collins
Paperback
*Athena’s Pick!*
I’ve always been interested in mythology. (I mean, my name IS Athena) American Gods is the most wonderful, sometimes awfully dark twist in modern mythology. The best part about this book is that it was written while Neil Gaiman traveled alone across America. He wrote fantastical things about real places, which leaves you thinking that maybe this was all real life, after all.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies . . . and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.
Harper Collins
Paperback
*Athena’s Pick!*
I’ve always been interested in mythology. (I mean, my name IS Athena) American Gods is the most wonderful, sometimes awfully dark twist in modern mythology. The best part about this book is that it was written while Neil Gaiman traveled alone across America. He wrote fantastical things about real places, which leaves you thinking that maybe this was all real life, after all.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies . . . and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.