City of the Plague God: The Adventures of Sik Aziz

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD, an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology written by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series. Characters from the Epic of Gilgamesh populate this high-stakes contemporary adventure in which all of Manhattan is threatened by the ancient god of plagues. Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that changes when Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, comes looking for him, believing that Sik holds the secret to eternal life. Turns out Sik is immortal but doesn't know it, and that's about to get him and the entire city into deep trouble. Sik is not alone; he has allies like Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, and a former hero named Gilgamesh, who has taken up gardening in Central Park. Together, they must retrieve the Flower of Immortality to save Manhattan from being wiped out by disease. To succeed, they'll have to conquer sly demons, treacherous gods, and their own darkest nightmares.