The Shadow Crosser (Storm Runner Series #3)

by J. C. Cervantes

Overview

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the epic finale to the Storm Runner trilogy, written by J.C. Cervantes, a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem featuring gods from both Maya and Aztec mythology.
Zane Obispo has been looking forward to his training at the Shaman Institute for Higher Order Magic, and not only because it means he'll be reunited with his best friend, Brooks. Anything would be better than how he has spent the last three months: searching for the remaining godborns with a nasty demon who can sniff them out (literally). But when Zane tracks down the last kid on his list, he's in for a surprise: the "one" is actually a pair of twins, and they're trying to prevent a mysterious object from falling into the wrong hands.
After a shocking betrayal, Zane finds himself at SHIHOM sooner than expected. Even more shocking is the news that the Maya gods have gone missing. The bat god, Camazotz, and Ixkik' (aka Blood Moon) have taken them out of commission . . . and the godborns are their next target. The only thing the villains need now? The object that the twins possess.
Zane knows the godborns aren't strong enough yet to stand up to Zotz, Ixkik', and their army. There might be a way to save the gods, but it involves locating a magical calendar that can see across time and space . . . not to mention traveling more than thirty years into the past.
In The Shadow Crosser, Zane and his friends embark on their most treacherous mission yet—a mission that, with one blunder, could change history as we know it, and worse, destroy the universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368052771
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Series:	Storm Runner Series , #3
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	148,005
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.40(d)
Lexile:	650L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

J. C. Cervantes (www.jennifercervantes.com) is the New York Times best-selling author of The Storm Runner and The Fire Keeper, the first two books in a fantasy adventure trilogy based on Maya mythology. Her first novel, Tortilla Sun, was a 2010 New Voices pick by the American Booksellers Association and was named to Bank Street's 2011 Best Book List. Jen grew up in San Diego and was fascinated by stories about Maya gods and magic. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter (@jencerv), and Instagram (authorjcervantes).

Editorial Reviews

2020-11-17
Zane’s crew of godborns grows—just in time for all their parents to go missing…in 1987.

In this third series entry, readers are reintroduced to Mexican American, half-human/half-god Zane Obispo, son of the Maya god Hurakan. Zane’s in search of the last godborn so he can bring all 64 of them together for training at the Shaman Institute of Higher-Order Magic. But this number actually turns out to be 65 when he meets twins Adrik and Alana. They are rightly suspicious of Zane’s wild tale until they are faced with Ixtab, queen of the underworld, and sentient calendar K’iin and find out most of the gods have been kidnapped and sent away to the past. Now it’s up to the godborns to save them. Time travel isn’t easy, though: It requires a shadow crosser, or magician, to hold the time thread and ensure that the travelers have a link back to the present—and that person faces suffering permanent brain damage. Maya gods are nothing if not dramatic. As in the previous two volumes, the plot is busy and frantic, though the engaging prose and humanlike, melodramatic gods are fun to meet again, and the glossary may help readers keep track of which god is which. The plot may give readers whiplash, but if all three volumes are read in quick succession, they will likely have an easier time keeping track of the twists and turns.

Action-packed and entertaining. (Fantasy. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews