Edward feels ready to move in with his dadтАЩs girlfriend and her son, Nathan. He might miss having his dad all to himself, but even if things in their new home are a little awkward, living with Nathan isnтАЩt so bad. And Nathan is glad to have found a new guardian for Dew, the young water monster who has been Nathan's responsibility for two years. Now that Nathan is starting to lose his childhood connection to the Holy Beings, Edward will be the one to take over as DewтАЩs next guardian.
But Edward has a lot to learn about taking care of a water monster. And fast. Because DewтАЩs big sister, the powerful Yitoo BiiтАЩaanii, is coming up to Fourth World to instruct Dew after recovering in the Third World for 160 years. She┬аsuspects a monstrous and enormous Enemy from the Hero Twins stories has returned and is stealing water from all of the Navajo Nation.
In their search for the Modern Enemy, Nathan, Edward, Dew, and Yitoo must confront their past and their inner selves if they are to save the Fourth World from a devastating disaster.
A riveting, emotionally affecting adventureтАФand an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book!
Author and filmmaker Brian Young is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. He grew up on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. Brian earned his BA in film studies at Yale University and his MFA in creative writing at Columbia University. Brian currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.