Going back and reading them now, they carry this sense of nostalgia (once you get past the “oh my god you’re TWELVE” reaction) that can only come from returning to something that helped shape your humor and only booster your love of mythology. I devoured those books in middle school, and adored them. Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.If you (or your kid) was like me in the mid-to-late 2000s, you probably had at least one Percy Jackson book on your shelves. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see. She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. Only then did she understand what would happen. His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. Percy tightened his grip on Annabeth's wrist. Beautiful sacrifices to wake the goddess. "Promise me!"īelow them, the voice laughed in the darkness. "The other side, Nico! We'll see you there. He looked up at Nico, fifteen feet above. She could see in his eyes that he knew it was hopeless. "I am never, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Then she laughed for real, and she put her handsĪround my neck. I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile. And I was thinking…" My throat felt really dry.Īnyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-" "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable… Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."Īnnabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?" ![]() The first book of his The Trials of Apollo series based on Greek mythology, The Hidden Oracle, was released in May 2016. ![]() His most recent publications are three books in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, based on Norse mythology. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones. The Kane Chronicles focused on Egyptian mythology The Heroes of Olympus was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series. Since then, Riordan has written The Kane Chronicles trilogy and The Heroes of Olympus series. ![]() His big breakthrough was The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the five-volume Percy Jackson series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco-Roman mythological setting. Riordan's first full-length novel was Big Red Tequila, which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections. 20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, about a twelve-year-old Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of Greek God Poseidon.
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