About the Author
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. (born June 5,
1964) is an American author known for writing the Percy Jackson & the
Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old who discovers he is the son
of Poseidon. His books have been translated into 37 languages and sold more
than 30 million copies. Twentieth Century Fox has adapted the first two books
of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have
spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
Summary
Percy Jackson,
Annabeth
Chase, and Thalia Grace
get a ride from Mrs. Jackson
to Westover Hall, a boarding school in Bar Harbor,
Maine, to escort two sibling half-bloods named Nico
and Bianca di
Angelo that Grover
Underwood has found. They are attacked by a manticore
named Dr. Thorn.
Though Artemis
and her hunters
arrive to help, Annabeth is captured by Dr. Thorn. Artemis
is troubled by the manticore's mention of a "Great Stirring" of
monsters, and goes off alone to hunt an Olympus-destroying monster she believes to have
finally returned from Tartarus. She sends the half-bloods and Hunters (whose number
now includes Bianca di Angelo) to Camp Half-Blood with her brother Apollo.While there, Nico settles into camp life; Percy and Blackjack save a sea monster Percy nicknames Bessie; and Artemis's lieutenant Zoë Nightshade has mysterious dreams about the goddess being in grave danger. Percy has similar dreams about Annabeth. Both are unable to act, however, until the Oracle (a shriveled mummy) somehow leaves her storage room and delivers the Huntress a prophecy. Chiron and Zoë organize a quest,but Percy is not included because the Hunters refuse to travel with a boy. He successfully sneaks away from camp on Blackjack, though he is almost stopped by Mr. D (Dionysus).From here they all go to San Francisco where they have to defeat the titan ,Atlas who is bearing a curse given to him by the gods after the first war of Olympian gods with the Titans.
Personal Reviews
Rick Riordan is indeed a superb author. Three back to back amazing, superb books stuffed with lots of interesting stuff, hats off guys. The book is again action packed and has lots of twists and humor this time. There has been a lot of digging in the history related to this book and I appreciate that. But yes in this book Percy has been shown like a hybrid of superman and batman with lots and lots of power. Maybe there could be a less exaggeration related to Percy. Otherwise a perfect book and I can’t stop myself from giving a 5 star this time.
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