Joshua Rivedal

Arjun Alabi and the African Gods Joshua Rivedal

In Godzero, Arjun a thirteen-year-old high school math prodigy is bullied for being biracial-Indian and Nigerian. Arjun, painfully shy and diagnosed with severe mental illness, discovers world-changing math theorems during his sleep from an Indian goddess, Namagiri. Soon, Arjun is tasked to marry Namagiri by her father, the Nigerian thunder god Shango. Arjun, though, has a hard time distinguishing between his imagination and what is real, and has a psychotic break. Arjun meets a friendly psychiatrist, Juwan, and discovers that his mental illness is not a liability but an asset because it is a result of him being the grandson of an African god on his father's side and an Indian god on his mother's side. Arjun, with the help of Juwan, a demi-god, discovers that there are others like him all over the world and there is one god who is hunting down and killing god-children. Arjun and Juwan must go on an arduous journey to confront the murderous god, and save themselves and others like them before it's too late.
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