Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials,where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakesin this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomasthe New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. ΓÇ£Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. IΓÇÖm just a Jade. IΓÇÖm not a real hero.ΓÇ¥ As each new decade beginsthe SunΓÇÖs 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 Solbut the loser has the greatest honor of allΓÇöthey will be sacrificed to Soltheir body melted down to refuel the Sun Stonesprotecting the world for another ten years. Teoa seventeen-year-old Jade semidi├│s and the trans son of the goddess of birdsisn’t worried about the Trials . . . at leastnot for himself. His best friendNiya is a Gold semidi├│s and a shoo-in for the Trialsand while he trusts her abilitiesthe odds of becoming the sacrifice is one-in-ten. But thenfor the first time in over a centurythe impossible happens. Sol chooses not onebut two Jade competitors. Teoand Xiothe thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. Now they must compete in five trials against Gold opponents who are more powerful and better trained. Worst of allTeoΓÇÖs annoyingly handsome ex-best friend and famous semidi├│s HeroAurelio is favored to win. Teo is determined to get himself and his friends through the trials unscathedΓÇöfor famegloryand their own survival.