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Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: Wings of the Gods
AN ADVENTURE BEYOND TIME. WHERE FRIENDSHIP AND FATE COLLIDE.
TWO FRIENDS. ONE GLOWING PORTAL.
When tragedy strikes at home, teenagers Zya Nicole Jenkins and Elijah Morgan escape through a portal, once again donning their magic timepieces. The Evil Archons have reclaimed Earth, declared war on the galaxy and are rumored to be developing a weapon that will tilt the balance of power.
Dive into an adventure of epic proportions, as the Guardians brave the Greek Underworld, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and face their fate on Mount Olympus. Encounter Plato, Heracles and the ghost of Pythagoras as our champions sail the Aegean and battle mythical beings in this sprawling Young Adult Fantasy.
The highly anticipated follow-up to Faraj’s award-winning debut, Guardians of the Cosmic Wings of the Gods is a story about love, trust and blooming adolescence. Our heroes will be put to the test, pushing their bond to the limit as Zya and Elijah are forced to confront their own inadequacies.
Wings of the Gods takes us from the depths of despair to the heights of true friendship and back. Can the Guardians overcome their demons and emerge victorious? The fate of humanity depends on it.
A QUEST THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO SAVE HUMANITY.
Zya and Elijah’s first battle might be in the books, but the adventure is only beginning. Once again, the 13-year-old best friends are swept up in the Archons’ millennia-long conquest of the Milky Way.
This time, it’s personal. While Elijah wrestles feelings that could threaten to derail their mission, memories of her father leave Zya more vulnerable than ever.
Unlikely allies, the second ancient talisman and an epic mystery await in 363 BCE. Rumors are that Zeus, who governs Earth from his seat on Mount Olympus, is constructing a secret weapon that will spell certain doom for the galaxy. On top of it, the Lumerian captain Maroun has gone missing.
The Guardians meet Plato and Aristotle, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and tangle with mythic monsters in this high stakes quest across Classical Greece. Our heroes traverse land, sea, the Fifth Dimension and the dreaded Underworld, encountering Hermes, Hades, Medusa and the deadly Minotaur.
As their weaknesses surface and failure rears its head at every turn, the Guardians find there’s nothing more powerful than the love of a friend.
WILL THEY UNLOCK THEIR TRUE POWER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?
Faraj’s debut novel, Guardians of the Cosmic The Emerald Tablets garnered the 2025 Literary Global Children’s Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, was a finalist for the Children’s Book International Award in Fantasy and runner-up at the New York Book Festival.
Readers are calling the series “thrilling”, “imaginative” and “engaging from start to finish”.
TWO FRIENDS. ONE GLOWING PORTAL.
When tragedy strikes at home, teenagers Zya Nicole Jenkins and Elijah Morgan escape through a portal, once again donning their magic timepieces. The Evil Archons have reclaimed Earth, declared war on the galaxy and are rumored to be developing a weapon that will tilt the balance of power.
Dive into an adventure of epic proportions, as the Guardians brave the Greek Underworld, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and face their fate on Mount Olympus. Encounter Plato, Heracles and the ghost of Pythagoras as our champions sail the Aegean and battle mythical beings in this sprawling Young Adult Fantasy.
The highly anticipated follow-up to Faraj’s award-winning debut, Guardians of the Cosmic Wings of the Gods is a story about love, trust and blooming adolescence. Our heroes will be put to the test, pushing their bond to the limit as Zya and Elijah are forced to confront their own inadequacies.
Wings of the Gods takes us from the depths of despair to the heights of true friendship and back. Can the Guardians overcome their demons and emerge victorious? The fate of humanity depends on it.
A QUEST THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO SAVE HUMANITY.
Zya and Elijah’s first battle might be in the books, but the adventure is only beginning. Once again, the 13-year-old best friends are swept up in the Archons’ millennia-long conquest of the Milky Way.
This time, it’s personal. While Elijah wrestles feelings that could threaten to derail their mission, memories of her father leave Zya more vulnerable than ever.
Unlikely allies, the second ancient talisman and an epic mystery await in 363 BCE. Rumors are that Zeus, who governs Earth from his seat on Mount Olympus, is constructing a secret weapon that will spell certain doom for the galaxy. On top of it, the Lumerian captain Maroun has gone missing.
The Guardians meet Plato and Aristotle, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and tangle with mythic monsters in this high stakes quest across Classical Greece. Our heroes traverse land, sea, the Fifth Dimension and the dreaded Underworld, encountering Hermes, Hades, Medusa and the deadly Minotaur.
As their weaknesses surface and failure rears its head at every turn, the Guardians find there’s nothing more powerful than the love of a friend.
WILL THEY UNLOCK THEIR TRUE POWER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?
Faraj’s debut novel, Guardians of the Cosmic The Emerald Tablets garnered the 2025 Literary Global Children’s Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, was a finalist for the Children’s Book International Award in Fantasy and runner-up at the New York Book Festival.
Readers are calling the series “thrilling”, “imaginative” and “engaging from start to finish”.
267 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 12, 2026
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May 13, 2026
Fast paced and lovable coming of age fantasy with awesome guardians!
May 21, 2026
Wings of the Gods throws Zya and Elijah back into danger almost immediately, pulling them from a frightening attack at school into a time-bending mission in ancient Greece, where Plato, Athena, Hermes, Hades, Zeus, and the old myths all turn out to be tangled in a much larger cosmic war. The plot moves fast, from the Nimrod to Athens, from riddles and sea monsters to the Underworld and Olympus, but what held me most was the changing bond between the two Guardians. This isn’t just a quest to stop a weapon. It’s a story about fear, power, jealousy, trust, and what happens when children are forced to become braver than anyone should have to be.
I liked how emotionally messy the book lets Zya and Elijah be. Zya’s instinct to protect is fierce, almost beautiful, but it can harden into control. Elijah wants to be seen as capable, not just rescued, and that hunger makes him vulnerable to pride, shame, and darker impulses. Their arguments don’t feel like filler. Zya's heroic efforts, Elijah's resentment and resistance to be cared for, and the old witch Riija's ability to twist their confusion and weakness against them make the adventure suddenly feel intimate. The fantasy is huge, but the ache underneath is very recognizable. I also found Elijah’s transformation especially compelling. The terror of becoming something he doesn’t understand gives the book one of its strongest ideas: darkness inside you isn’t the same thing as destiny.
The story has a big imagination. It can be funny one minute and mythic the next, with chapter titles that wink at the reader and set pieces that feel made for a movie screen. I loved the way Plato’s cave lecture isn’t treated like a dusty lesson, but as a living key to the whole story. The book keeps asking what reality is, who gets to name it, and whether freedom is worth pain. Faraj writes with an appetite. The story piles on lore, philosophy, monsters, reveals, and jokes all in one scene. The pages have a pulse, color, and conviction that are unmatched.
What begins as a breathless rescue mission gradually becomes something more inward and resonant, asking what courage costs and how friendship can bend under pressure without fully breaking. I’d recommend Wings of the Gods to older middle grade and young young adult readers who like mythology remixed with science fiction, cosmic stakes, philosophical questions, and friendships that bruise before they heal. It’s intense in places, so kids ready for a bigger, stranger, more emotionally charged adventure will find this book very entertaining.
I liked how emotionally messy the book lets Zya and Elijah be. Zya’s instinct to protect is fierce, almost beautiful, but it can harden into control. Elijah wants to be seen as capable, not just rescued, and that hunger makes him vulnerable to pride, shame, and darker impulses. Their arguments don’t feel like filler. Zya's heroic efforts, Elijah's resentment and resistance to be cared for, and the old witch Riija's ability to twist their confusion and weakness against them make the adventure suddenly feel intimate. The fantasy is huge, but the ache underneath is very recognizable. I also found Elijah’s transformation especially compelling. The terror of becoming something he doesn’t understand gives the book one of its strongest ideas: darkness inside you isn’t the same thing as destiny.
The story has a big imagination. It can be funny one minute and mythic the next, with chapter titles that wink at the reader and set pieces that feel made for a movie screen. I loved the way Plato’s cave lecture isn’t treated like a dusty lesson, but as a living key to the whole story. The book keeps asking what reality is, who gets to name it, and whether freedom is worth pain. Faraj writes with an appetite. The story piles on lore, philosophy, monsters, reveals, and jokes all in one scene. The pages have a pulse, color, and conviction that are unmatched.
What begins as a breathless rescue mission gradually becomes something more inward and resonant, asking what courage costs and how friendship can bend under pressure without fully breaking. I’d recommend Wings of the Gods to older middle grade and young young adult readers who like mythology remixed with science fiction, cosmic stakes, philosophical questions, and friendships that bruise before they heal. It’s intense in places, so kids ready for a bigger, stranger, more emotionally charged adventure will find this book very entertaining.
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