Rick Riordan Presents is a book imprint of Disney-Hyperion (Disney Publishing Worldwide) that was launched in 2018 and is led by Stephanie Owens Lurie.
The line publishes books that utilize the mythology of various cultures and countries in its storytelling akin to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians.
American author Rick Riordan was approached by Disney about creating an imprint but was initially unable to focus on the request.
He later responded to Disney stating that he wanted to launch an imprint that would "find, nurture, and promote the best storytellers for middle grade readers" and "focus on diverse, mythology-based fiction by new, emerging, and under-represented authors".
[2] Prior to the announcement of the imprint in September 2016, Riordan was frequently approached by readers and fans of his mythology-based series, asking when he would write novels based on other mythologies.
It follows Aru Shah, the reincarnated form of the Pandava Arjuna and the birth daughter of the Sleeper, who also serves as the main antagonist of the book.
In September 2017, Lurie and Riordan announced that the first novel in the imprint would be Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi and that it would release in March 2018.
The fourth book in the Pandava Quintet and the fifteenth overall published by Disney Hyperion in the imprint, Aru Shah and the City of Gold was released on April 6, 2021.
[9] The Thousand Worlds series is written by Yoon Ha Lee and is a mix of science fiction and Korean mythology.
The series follows Kim Min, a fox spirit on the planet Jinju whose brother, Jun, was a space cadet.
[8] Tiger Honor, the second book in the series, was initially announced on Lee's website,[10] with more information included on a ReadRiordan article published on May 19, 2021.
[12] In addition, the second book, though existing within the same continuity of Dragon Pearl, focuses on a new main character, Juhwang Sebin, a tiger spirit belonging to the Juhwang clan who is hoping to become a space cadet to follow in the footsteps of their uncle Hwan, though Kim Min also returns as a secondary character.
The first book in the duology and the fourth overall in the "Rick Riordan Presents" imprint is entitled Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, and it was published by Hernandez on March 5, 2019.
Paola, along with her other friend Dante, must venture there to find her, and meet the Niños de la Luz, a group of children who have gone missing.
It follows young Sikander "Sik" Aziz, who must stop the Mesopotamian god of plagues and sickness before he takes over Manhattan and turns it into a diseased wasteland.
The book follows Nizhoni Begay, who has the self-proclaimed power of detecting monsters, as she adventures with her brother, Mac, and her best friend, Davery Descheny, through a series of trials to the House of the Sun to find her father, who was taken by the mysterious Mr.
It will consist of 10 short stories written by "Rick Riordan Presents" authors Roshani Chokshi, J. C. Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Carlos Hernandez, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, and Graci Kim, in addition to Riordan himself.
[22] In March 2021, Kwame Mbalia announced that his story, entitled "The Gum Baby Files" would be about the titular character in the Tristan Strong series.