American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition

First published in 2001,American Gods became an instant classicΓÇöan intellectual and artistic benchmark from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fictionNeil Gaiman. Now discover the mystery and magic of American Gods in this tenth anniversary edition. Newly updated and expanded with the authorΓÇÖs preferred textthis commemorative volume is a true celebration of a modern masterpiece by the onethe onlyNeil Gaiman. A storm is coming . . . Locked behind bars for three yearsShadow did his timequietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle PointIndiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bringall he wanted was to be with Laurathe wife he deeply lovedand start a new life. But just days before his releaseLaura and ShadowΓÇÖs best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tetheredShadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way homean enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogueWednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. Life as WednesdayΓÇÖs bodyguarddriverand errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imaginedΓÇöit is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way Shadow will learn that the past never dies; that everyoneincluding his beloved Lauraharbors secrets; and that dreamstotemslegendsand myths are more real than we know. Ultimatelyhe will discover that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewingΓÇöan epic war for the very soul of AmericaΓÇöand that he is standing squarely in its path. Relevant and prescientAmerican Gods has been lauded for its brilliant synthesis of ΓÇ£mysterysatiresexhorrorand poetic proseΓÇ¥ (Michael DirdaWashington Post Book World) and as a modern phantasmagoria that ΓÇ£distills the essence of AmericaΓÇ¥ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It isquite simplyan outstanding work of literary imagination that will endure for generations.