Neil Gaiman · 2001 · road

Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel. Released from prison into a strange grief, Shadow becomes bodyguard to the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday and is drawn into a road trip across the back roads and roadside attractions of America, as the old gods brought over by immigrants gather to make war on the new gods of media, technology, and celebrity.

1. 1
   Eagle Point

   Fresh out of prison and freshly widowed, Shadow takes a job as bodyguard to the mysterious con man Mr. Wednesday.

2. 2
   Chicago

   In Chicago, Wednesday begins recruiting the old gods, starting with a brutal card game against the Slavic god Czernobog.

3. 3
   The House on the Rock

   At the bizarre Wisconsin roadside attraction, the old gods ride a vast carousel and gather for the coming war.

4. 4
   Lakeside

   Shadow hides out in a quiet, too-perfect Minnesota town with a terrible secret beneath its frozen lake.

5. 5
   The Center of America

   At the lonely geographic heart of the country, a place of power that neither side dares to claim.

6. 6
   Rock City

   At last the old gods and the new converge for battle high on Lookout Mountain, at Rock City.