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The Gods Will Sing Our Song

The Gods Will Sing Our Song

Young Adult
Published
2026

Synopsis

1942\. War rumbles across the world, gods stir in the wind, and two star-crossed souls are set on a path that will change them forever. Seventeen-year-old Ren Hamada is defined by his troubled past, while Violet Aratani only worries about keeping her straight-A grades. They have little in common beyond the old magic that thrums in their family relics—until the US government forces them out of their homes simply because they’re Japanese American. In a barbed-wire world where everything seems upside down, the magnetic pull between them is the only thing that makes sense. But there’s more than just desert dust swirling in the air. A god walks among them, his mortal form tethered to the camp, and only Violet and Ren can free him—an act that would earn them an immeasurable reward. Yet with tensions rising and their lives on the line, is even a divine favor enough to save them?

Genres

Young Adult

About the author

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Autumn Krause

Autumn Krause lives in Orange County, California, with her husband and three children. A mixed-race author of Japanese and Mexican heritage, she often writes through the lens of her family history; her grandfather and great-grandmother were interned at the Gila River camp during World War II while her great-grandfather served in the all-Japanese 442nd Regimental Combat Team. She is the author of A Dress for the Wicked, Before the Devil Knows You're Here, and Grave Flowers.