AN ADVENTURE BEYOND TIME. WHERE FRIENDSHIP AND FATE COLLIDE.
TWO FRIENDS. ONE GLOWING PORTAL.
When tragedy strikes at home, teenagers Zya Nicole Jenkins and Elijah Morgan escape through a portal, once again donning their magic timepieces. The Evil Archons have reclaimed Earth, declared war on the galaxy and are rumored to be developing a weapon that will tilt the balance of power.
Dive into an adventure of epic proportions, as the Guardians brave the Greek Underworld, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and face their fate on Mount Olympus. Encounter Plato, Heracles and the ghost of Pythagoras as our champions sail the Aegean and battle mythical beings in this sprawling Young Adult Fantasy.
A finalist for the 2026 Children's Book International Award in Fantasy, Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: Wings of the Gods is a story about love, trust and blooming adolescence. Our heroes will be put to the test, pushing their bond to the limit as Zya and Elijah are forced to confront their own inadequacies.
Wings of the Gods takes us from the depths of despair to the heights of true friendship and back. Can the Guardians overcome their demons and emerge victorious? The fate of humanity depends on it.
A QUEST THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO SAVE HUMANITY.
Zya and Elijah’s first battle might be in the books, but the adventure is only beginning. Once again, the 13-year-old best friends are swept up in the Archons’ millennia-long conquest of the Milky Way.
This time, it’s personal. While Elijah wrestles feelings that could threaten to derail their mission, memories of her father leave Zya more vulnerable than ever.
Unlikely allies, the second ancient talisman and an epic mystery await in 363 BCE. Rumors are that Zeus, who governs Earth from his seat on Mount Olympus, is constructing a secret weapon that will spell certain doom for the galaxy. On top of it, the Lumerian captain Maroun has gone missing.
The Guardians meet Plato and Aristotle, commune with the Oracle of Delphi and tangle with mythic monsters in this high stakes quest across Classical Greece. Our heroes traverse land, sea, the Fifth Dimension and the dreaded Underworld, encountering Hermes, Hades, Medusa and the deadly Minotaur.
As their weaknesses surface and failure rears its head at every turn, the Guardians find there’s nothing more powerful than the love of a friend.
WILL THEY UNLOCK THEIR TRUE POWER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?
Faraj’s debut novel, Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: The Emerald Tablets garnered the 2025 Literary Global Children’s Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, was a finalist for the Children’s Book International Award in Fantasy and runner-up at the New York Book Festival.
Readers are calling the series “thrilling”, “imaginative” and “engaging from start to finish”.
Written, Created & Edited by Jabril Yousef Faraj
Edited by David William Lathrop
Cover by Mark Reid
Map Illustration by R.D. Faraj
Jabril Yousef Faraj is an award-winning Young Adult Fantasy author. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Midwest, the nonbinary, Arab-American artist is an Edward R. Murrow award recipient and alumnus of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Faraj's fiction debut, Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: The Emerald Tablets, garnered the 2025 Literary Global Children's Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, was a finalist for the Children's Book International Award in Fantasy and runner-up at the New York Book Festival. Faraj is a lover of classic fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin and Star Wars. Homeschooled until high school, they read voraciously as a young person, inspired by the stories of C.S. Lewis, the Childhood of Famous Americans series and countless Newbery Medal winners. Likewise, Faraj aims to inspire the next generation with imaginative worlds, dynamic characters and encouraging themes.
