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Avatars

by Tui T. Sutherland

The Avatars series by Tui T. Sutherland has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with So This Is How It Ends (2006). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Kingdom of Twilight.

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2006
Status
completed
Shelved under
Fantasy
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Start here: So This Is How It Ends (2006) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of So This Is How It Ends

So This Is How It Ends (2006)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. So This Is How It Ends

    Novel

    So This Is How It Ends opens Tui T. Sutherland's Avatars trilogy, a fantasy novel published in May 2006 at 272 pages. It's followed by Shadow Falling.

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  2. Shadow Falling

    Novel

    Shadow Falling is the second book in Tui T. Sutherland's Avatars trilogy, published in May 2007 at 272 pages. It follows So This Is How It Ends and precedes the trilogy's closing volume, Kingdom of Twilight.

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  3. Kingdom of Twilight

    Novel

    Kingdom of Twilight closes Tui T. Sutherland's Avatars trilogy, published in May 2008 at 288 pages. It follows Shadow Falling as the final entry in a series that ran from 2006.

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About the Avatars series

Before Wings of Fire made her name, Tui T. Sutherland wrote this early-2000s trilogy about a group of teenagers who discover they've been chosen as living avatars for the ancient Norse gods -- inheriting divine powers, and divine responsibilities, in the middle of ordinary high-school life. The series mixes contemporary teen drama with mythology-adventure stakes as the young avatars are pulled into the gods' old conflicts and prophecies about Ragnarok, forcing them to grow into powers most of them never asked for.

It's an early example of Sutherland's recurring interest in mixing mythology with grounded teen-relationship dynamics, written well before Wings of Fire's dragon-tribe worldbuilding, and reads as a lighter, more contemporary-set fantasy for readers who enjoy godly-inheritance premises like Percy Jackson but want a different mythology and a smaller-scale, character-driven story.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Avatars series?

Three: So This Is How It Ends (2006), Shadow Falling (2007) and Kingdom of Twilight (2008).

Is Avatars connected to Wings of Fire?

No. It's an earlier, unrelated trilogy by the same author, set in the real world with Norse-mythology-inspired powers rather than a dragon fantasy world.

Is Avatars finished?

Yes, the trilogy is complete at three books.

What mythology does Avatars draw on?

Norse mythology -- the teenage protagonists become avatars of Norse gods and get pulled into conflicts tied to Ragnarok.

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