After his release from prison, Shadow encounters mysterious Mr. Wednesday who offers him a job, and suddenly he is enmeshed in a web of secrets which not only tests Shadow's character but that of America itself.
Shadow sets out on a journey across America fighting old myths and the gods of modern technology and material obsession when he takes employment with a man named Wednesday--otherwise known as the god Odin--after his release from prison and his wife's sudden death.
Shadow sets out on a journey across America fighting old myths and the gods of modern technology and material obsession when he takes employment with a man named Wednesday--otherwise known as the god Odin--after his release from prison and his wife's sudden death.