An American author born June 5, 1964, in San Antonio, Texas, Rick Riordan writes mythology-based fiction for young readers. Before his publishing career, he taught English and history at public and private middle schools in San Antonio and the San Francisco Bay Area for fifteen years. While teaching, he wrote the adult Tres Navarre mystery series, which won the top three national mystery awards: the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus. Percy Jackson originated as a bedtime story Riordan invented...
The Blood of Olympus

The Blood of Olympus
Synopsis
The seven demigods aboard the warship Argo II race toward Athens, where Gaea, the primordial earth mother, plans to wake by sacrificing two of them on the Feast of Spes. Her giant children have all risen, and the only force capable of destroying her is the blood of half-bloods themselves. As Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank, and Hazel push through one last gauntlet of monsters and gods, a second quest unfolds on the ground: Reyna, Nico di Angelo, and the satyr Coach Hedge attempt to carry the massive Athena Parthenos statue back to Camp Half-Blood, hoping its return can stop a brewing war between Greek and Roman demigods before the augur Octavian leads the Roman legion to attack. Narrated through the rotating perspectives of Jason, Piper, Leo, Reyna, and Nico, this finale shifts focus toward characters long left on the margins, tracing exhaustion, loyalty, and the cost of belonging. Drawing on Greek and Roman mythology, the story weaves humor and grief through pitched battles across the Mediterranean and the eastern United States. Friendships are tested, sacrifices loom, and a prophecy insists that someone will not survive what comes. The threads of two camps, two pantheons, and seven intertwined fates converge in a final confrontation meant to decide whether the gods, the demigods, and the mortal world endure.
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Percy JacksonProtagonist
Son of Poseidon and one of the seven; Annabeth's boyfriend
Annabeth ChaseProtagonist
Daughter of Athena, strategist, and Percy's girlfriend
Jason GraceProtagonist
Son of Jupiter and a POV character in this book
Piper McLeanProtagonist
Daughter of Aphrodite who wields charmspeak; POV character
Leo ValdezProtagonist
Son of Hephaestus, builder of the dragon Festus; POV character
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The Blood of OlympusPaperback, Jun
544 pages
PuffinISBN: 97802413355675 editions available






























