Oct 6 | Kwame Mbalia Discusses Tristan Strong Destroys the World at MahoganyBooks

We are excited to welcome Kwame Mbalia, bestselling author of the Tristan Strong middle-grade series, to MahoganyBooks FrontRow for the launch of the second book in his trilogy. Kwame will have a spoiler-free discussion of his new book, Tristan Strong Destroys the World, the origin story of his writing career, and take questions from event attendees.

About the Book:

Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in the New York Times best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy [written] by Kwame Mbalia. 

Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there’s no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted by a mysterious villain out for revenge. Tristan must return to Alke–and reunite with his loud-mouthed sidekick, Gum Baby–in order to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation. Anansi, now a “web developer” in Tristan’s phone, is close at hand to offer advice, and several new folk heroes will aid Tristan in his quest, but he will only succeed if he can figure out a way to sew broken souls back together.

"Mbalia's universe continues to excite through sheer conceptual brilliance, nonstop action and adventure, and--let's be honest--the comical aggression of sidekick god Gum Baby." -- Booklist