The Sunbearer Trials

by Aiden Thomas

A contest with a dangerous cost

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A contest with a dangerous cost

Set in the Mexican-inspired fantasy world of Reino del Sol, the novel builds its central conflict around a decade-long ritual: Sol chooses ten semidioses for the Sunbearer Trials, where victory renews the Sun’s power and the loser is sacrificed. The supplied description introduces Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiose, amid a system that links heroism and honor to a life-or-death competition. Its premise brings questions of power, sacrifice, and who is considered worthy into a teen fantasy setting.

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Teens and young adults interested in fantasy centered on mythic trials and competition.
Readers seeking young adult fiction with LGBTQ+ subject classification.
Readers interested in Mexican-inspired fantasy worlds and semidivine characters.

Themes

SacrificePower and heroismWorthiness and honorMythic competition

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A New York Times-Bestseller!

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.

"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero."

As 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. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer 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.

Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidi

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