Adventures of Sik Aziz Books in Order

The Adventures of Sik Aziz series starts with a great middle grade fantasy setup: a kid who wants a normal life discovers that ancient gods have other plans. Sikander, usually called Sik, is a thirteen-year-old New Yorker who spends his evenings helping at his parents' deli and trying to stay out of trouble. Then Nergal, the Mesopotamian god of plagues, comes looking for him, and Manhattan suddenly has a myth problem.

What makes the series click is how grounded Sik feels. He is funny, worried, stubborn, and very attached to his family. The books never lose sight of parents, siblings, friends, neighborhood life, and the way a regular kid thinks when the impossible shows up. Even when Gilgamesh enters the picture and gods start throwing their weight around, Sik still sounds like somebody who has homework and family responsibilities.

The mythology gives the series its flavor. Chadda pulls from Mesopotamian stories and figures like Nergal, Ishtar, Gilgamesh, Tiamat, and the Tablet of Destinies, then drops them into modern cities with real energy. City of the Plague God turns Manhattan into a battleground. Fury of the Dragon Goddess carries the story to London and opens the scale even further. The result is part quest story, part city adventure, and part family drama.

Sik does not get to save the world alone.

Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, is a major part of the series, bringing speed, power, and a different view of the gods. Sik's brother Mo also matters deeply to the emotional core of the books, and the supporting cast keeps the stories from turning into simple hero-versus-monster battles. Chadda uses all that action to talk about grief, loyalty, identity, and what it means to protect your people when the danger is both ancient and very current.

The tone is brisk and often funny, but these books are not weightless. They make room for fear, loss, Islamophobia, and the long shadow of war, while still giving readers demons, impossible relics, and big showdown energy. That balance is one of the best things about the series. It can be loud and adventurous one minute, then unexpectedly tender the next.

If you like myth-based fantasy that feels modern, personal, and fast on its feet, this duo is easy to recommend. Sik is the kind of hero who complains, jokes, worries, and still shows up when it counts, which makes his adventures feel all the more satisfying.