From National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay comes a gripping new chapter—starring Avatar Roku—in the New York Times bestselling Chronicles of the Avatar series, set in the world of Avatar: the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
A young Avatar Roku has only just commenced his training at the Southern Air Temple when his erstwhile friend, Prince Sozin, requests his aid in preventing the Earth Kingdom from claiming a remote Fire Nation island. Despite his inexperience, Avatar Roku slips away with the help of an irritating young Airbender named Gyatso. As the reluctant companions delve deeper into their wayward mission, they begin to realize that even greater threats lie ahead. Plagued by self-doubt but eager to prove himself, Roku fights for his life and the lives of others while ensuring that the hidden secret of the island doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
This searing fifth installment in the Chronicles of the Avatar series explores the beginning of Roku’s journey from privileged Fire Nation noble to the powerful but indecisive Avatar whose hesitancy may ultimately pave the way for the Hundred Year War.
Randy Ribay is an award-winning writer of young adult fiction. In addition to The Reckoning of Roku, he is the author of Patron Saints of Nothing, which won the Freeman Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He also contributed to the Printz Award–winning anthology The Collectors, edited by A. S. King. His other novels include Everything We Never Had, After the Shot Drops, and An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. Born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest, Randy earned his BA in English literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his EdM in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, son, and catlike dog.View all by Randy Ribay
