2026 Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel (nominee)
A HEAVEN TURNED INTO A HELL
Thousands of years before the common era, the greater gods evacuated humans to the immortal asura realm as rapidly shifting continents reshaped the mortal realm.
One hundred years later, the asura, led by a tyrannical king, want the human inhabitants gone from their realm.
PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE
Isha, a guardian spirit from the mortal realm, binds himself in service to the invincible Asura King in the hope of a safe passage for his mortals to go home.
Unknown to him, the greater gods have tasked a hero, the lion-headed Sinha—aided by three unlikely human companions—to defeat the King.
ONE WILL BECOME A DEMON, AND ONE A GOD.
Genre: Fantasy
Thousands of years before the common era, the greater gods evacuated humans to the immortal asura realm as rapidly shifting continents reshaped the mortal realm.
One hundred years later, the asura, led by a tyrannical king, want the human inhabitants gone from their realm.
PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE
Isha, a guardian spirit from the mortal realm, binds himself in service to the invincible Asura King in the hope of a safe passage for his mortals to go home.
Unknown to him, the greater gods have tasked a hero, the lion-headed Sinha—aided by three unlikely human companions—to defeat the King.
ONE WILL BECOME A DEMON, AND ONE A GOD.
Genre: Fantasy
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