American Gods

By Neil Gaiman

A released convict faces a hidden war for America's soul, where myth and reality collide.

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537 pages

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Shadow, fresh out of prison, is thrust into a world where myth and reality blur. With his wife dead and a mysterious job offer, he discovers a hidden war beneath everyday life. As ancient gods clash with new, the stakes are nothing less than the soul of America. Can Shadow navigate this dark, surreal landscape and find his place in a world teetering on the edge of chaos? Dive into a journey that redefines myth and challenges the very fabric of reality.

From the publisher

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology, adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene YeeReleased from prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a war is being fought - and the prize is the very soul of America. An inspired combination of mythology, adventure, and illusion, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a contemporary masterpiece.”Piercingly observed, jaggedly poetic, ruthlessly cutting a path through graveyards of dead stars and dead money and dead feelings, this novel is the map back to dawn.” – Steve Erickson”American Gods manages to reinvent, and reassert, the enduring importance of fantastic literature itself in this late age of the world. Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.” – Michael Chabon

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