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Originally Posted by Flames89
Can anyone give a review of this book? Is it a series? Recommended for non-fantasy/sci-fi readers (am getting back into the genre thanks to Game of Thrones)?
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So far, it's just one book, although there is a second book,
Anansi Boys, which is set in the same universe. The book itself isn't huge (the paperback is just under 600 pages).
The basic premise behind the story is that gods are real and have a physical presence in the world, but they exist only as people believe them to exist, and only if people believe in them.
Because America is a melting-pot of various cultures and faiths, there are gods in America that have their origins from all over the world. As people were exposed to different cultures, their perceptions of the world changed, and their perceptions of their gods changed as well. This resulted in the gods themselves adapting to be what those who believed in them believed them to be. It's like how Santa Claus in North America is a very different character from Sinterklaas in Europe, even though they have the same origin point.
Over the years, the old gods have been losing power to the new gods of America (such as technology, the internet, television, etc.), and the story is about rounding up the old gods for an epic battle with the new gods.
It's set in modern-day America, and the characters travel around the country to round-up the old gods.