Topic: Michael Dante DiMartino has a new fantasy book coming out.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 10 years ago #54,024
He is best known as a co-creator of Nickelodeon's Avatar the Last Airbender as well as it's sequel series, The Legend of Korra.It had been known for sometime that the duo of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko split up to pursue independent ventures with Konietzko currently working on a graphic novel called, Threadworlds.
It appears that DiMartino has it's own novel coming out based in a fantasy setting with the book, Rebel Genius.
The Synopsis
In twelve-year-old Giacomo's Renaissance-inspired world, art is powerful, dangerous, and outlawed. Every artist possesses a Genius, a birdlike creature that is the living embodiment of an artist's creative spirit. Those caught with one face a punished akin to death, so when Giacomo discovers he has a Genius, he knows he's in serious trouble.
Luckily, he finds safety in a secret studio where young artists and their Geniuses train in sacred geometry to channel their creative energies as weapons. But when a murderous artist goes after the three Sacred Tools, objects that would allow him to destroy the world and everyone in his path. Giacomo and his friends must risk their lives to stop him.
Luckily, he finds safety in a secret studio where young artists and their Geniuses train in sacred geometry to channel their creative energies as weapons. But when a murderous artist goes after the three Sacred Tools, objects that would allow him to destroy the world and everyone in his path. Giacomo and his friends must risk their lives to stop him.