![]() ![]() Long ago, the sun god, Sol, sacrificed themself to save humans from the treacherous Obsidian gods, binding them into constellations to keep them from bringing chaos to the world. And Teo’s world needs a lot of change in order to be more just.įor The Sunbearer Trials (and its presumed sequel-be warned, the novel ends on a cliffhanger!), Thomas creates a secondary fantasy world that’s technologically similar to ours, but in which gods, demigods, and mortal humans openly walk together. Sometimes, so-called “good trouble” (as the legendary Representative John Lewis termed it) is an absolutely necessary part of changing unjust systems. And it takes him a long time in the story to realize that sometimes, a little trouble is needed. In the case of Teo in The Sunbearer Trials, the newest YA fantasy from author Aiden Thomas, he only believes that he’s a troublemaker. ![]() But such protagonists don’t always see themselves as strong. It takes a strong person, and a strong protagonist, to speak up for what they believe, even when what they choose isn’t popular. ![]()
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