![]() Nergal sent the demons to the deli and Sik must stop the god of plagues or else the world will end. Meeting up with a classmate named Belet, Sik learns that the disease his parents are suffering from is a result of Nergal, the ancient Mesopotamian god of plagues. ![]() ![]() ![]() Confused as to whether he saw demons, Sik is further traumatized when his parents fall ill with a mysterious disease. These demons are looking for a mysterious item that Mo brought back from Iraq. One night while closing the deli, Sik encounters some otherworldly creatures that attack him and destroy the family business. His brother Mo recently died, and Sik is left with the grief he holds for the older brother he admired, and a determination to help his parents cope by working in the family deli. Sik is an ordinary teenager with a boatload of personal issues. ![]() In a publishing imprint devoted to telling the tales of world mythologies, City of the Plague God brings the reader to the world of a Manhattan teenager Sikander (Sik) Aziz and his Mesopotamian heritage. The Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney Books brings a new year’s gift with author Sarwat Chadda’s City of the Plague God. Move over Zeus and Poseidon, there’s a new set of gods in town. ![]()
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