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Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime - a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family...and his only friends. Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and smart mouth, those same qualities make Yared a star player of the underground augmented-reality game The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules prompts Yared to log in with his real name, it triggers an attack that rocks the city. In the chaos, Uncle Moti disappears.

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the finale of Kwame Mbalia's trilogy, in which Tristan Strong faces off with his archenemy, King Cotton, once and for all.

Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light years, even. Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring Axum Empire is still fractured. The kingdom once gave their technology away free of charge, to better humankind. Now, having been missing for over a decade, they’re returning to the planet where their galaxy-spanning civilization began—Earth. But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth’s atmosphere is a mess of junked shuttles and satellites.

From 17 acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

Celebrate Black Joy, Black Resilience, and Black Storytelling and enjoy conversations steeped in laughter, advice, and encouragement. The Freedom Fire Podcast is hosted by best-selling author Kwame Mbalia, who leads joyful interviews with fellow authors, friends, and inspirational creatives as they explore their journeys, from their art to their process.

A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school’s production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn’t quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters.

Wer es mit den Göttern aufnehmen will, braucht einen guten rechten Haken. Normal war Tristans Leben noch nie, aber seit er mit einer Puppe um das Tagebuch seines besten Freunds gekämpft hat, ist »normal« für ihn ein Fremdwort. Okay, dass bei dem Kampf aus Versehen ein Riss zwischen den Welten entstanden ist, war vielleicht ein kleines bisschen seine Schuld. Aber dass er jetzt von Eisenmonstern verfolgt und für das bevorstehende Ende der Welt verantwortlich gemacht wird ... das ist echt nicht cool.