Nankani’s emotional connection will delight listeners of all ages, and sound effects amplify the tension and excitement. When Maya’s father, an Orisha, is stolen away into the Dark world, she decides to use her newfound powers to rescue him. She also has just discovered that everyone’s been hiding a huge secret: they have magic! Maya and her friends find dangerous magical creatures lurking in their neighborhood, and a sinister Lord of Shadows visits her in her dreams. Maya has loving parents, good friends, and a welcoming community in Chicago. Looking for something to entertain younger listeners-or the whole family? Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Maya and the Rising Dark, Rena Barron’s middle-grade fantasy audiobook that shines thanks to Soneela Nankani’s animated performance.
We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. She just hopes she can do it in time to attend Comic-Con before summer’s over.Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. But now that the veil is failing, the Lord of Shadows is determined to destroy the human world, and it’s up to Maya to stop him. Maya herself is a godling, half orisha and half human, and her neighborhood is a safe haven. Her father is the guardian of the veil between our world and the Dark - where an army led by the Lord of Shadows, the man from Maya’s nightmares, awaits. When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and familiar as she uncovers the truth. But to Maya, it sounds like something from one of Papa’s stories or her favorite comics. Her friends try to find an explanation - perhaps a ghost uprising or a lunchroom experiment gone awry. Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like were-hyenas stalking the streets at night and a scary man made of shadows plaguing her dreams.
Perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and The Serpent’s Secret. In this highly anticipated contemporary fantasy, 12-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world.
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