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City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
5.0

Sik is just going about his life, helping his parents run their deli, missing his brother Mo, dealing with his friend Daoud, when the deli is suddenly under attack by demons. They want Sik to give them "it", only Sik has no idea what they are talking about. Cue a crazy adventure where Sik is labeled as "Plague Boy", his parents are in the ICU, and the entire city is mutated by Nergal, the Plague God. Thankfully, he has a little bit of help from Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, her daughter Belet, some transforming cats, a talking sword (that cannot transform into a pen), Gilgamesh, Daoud (unexpectedly), and an even more unexpected ally (think underworld). Sik must figure out what Nergal wants and then how to save his parents and an entire city of people. #CityofthePlagueGod #NetGalley