Avatars (series)

So This Is How It Ends is the first book in the Avatars Trilogy. It was released on October 10, 2006. Kali, Tigre, Gus, Diana, and Amon are five seemingly normal teenagers. On December 21, 2012, they are transferred to the future, where they hear voices in their heads telling them to go in a certain direction. They encounter many problems on their way to the "Gathering place" where they learn that they are avatars from different gods and that they must fight each other to find out who will become the ruler of all gods and humans.

Shadow Falling is the second book in the series and was released on October 16, 2007. The story continues where the first book left off. The avatars must decide whether to fight each other or to find a way back to their own time. They also must defend themselves from other avatars who want to fight. Two new avatars are introduced.

Kingdom of Twilight is the third book and was released on November 11, 2008. Gus, Kali, and Tigre take Diana's body to Africa in the hopes of saving her without interference from the gods. In Africa, they get help from two African gods, Obatala and Orunmila, who tell Gus how to go to the underworlds to save Diana. They also meet Oya, African goddess of the hunt, wind, hurricanes, and change, who helps Tigre develop his powers. The plot also follows Diana's travels in the underworlds of different pantheons.

• Kali - Avatar from Hindu pantheon. Avatar of Indian goddess of creation and destruction, Kali. She is a half-Indian teen living in New York.
• Diana/Venus - Avatar from Greco-Roman pantheon. Avatar of goddess of the moon and the hunt, Diana, and the goddess of love, Venus. She is a pop star living in Los Angeles. Diana has red-golden hair, green eyes, and freckles.
• Tigre - Avatar from Mesoamerican pantheon. Avatar of Incan storm god, Catequil. He works as an assistant to a veterinarian in Santiago, Chile.
• Gus - Avatar from Polynesian pantheon. Avatar of god of war, 'Oro. He is a normal teen who became an avatar when he touched Venus just before extrication. He has straight brown hair, and, like Venus, has green eyes.
• Amon - Avatar from Egyptian pantheon. Avatar of sun god, Amon.
• Thor - Avatar from Norse pantheon. Avatar of god of thunder and lightning, Thor.
• Anna - Avatar from Sumerian pantheon. Avatar of goddess of love and war, Inanna.

• Miracle - A thirteen-year-old child in New York City. The only child who was born after the humans became infertile. She is believed by herself and others to be the savior of the humans, but the gods say that she was just born to give the humans false hope.
• Zeus-Greek God of the Thunder and lightning.
• Oya - An orisha. The Yoruba goddess of the hunt, hurricanes, change and other things. She helps Tigre develop his powers.
• Quetzie - A neoquetzal, an evolved, larger version of a quetzal. She helps Tigre get to New York and also helps the avatars communicate with Thor.
• Shiva - Kali's trainer and husband. Hindu god of destruction.
• Apollo - Diana's trainer and brother. Greek god of the music, medicine, the sun, etc.
• Odin - Thor's trainer. He has a vision which gives him the idea for the contest.
• Isis - Amon's trainer and Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility.
• Ereshkigal - Anna's trainer and twin sister. Sumerian goddess of the underworld. She tries to trick the other avatars by telling them that she is an avatar.
• Trickster - Also referred to in the series as Loki, Eshu, Maui, Coyote. He tries to take revenge on the rest of the gods by manipulating the avatars so that he will get the powers of all the avatars.