“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,Īnd foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.” But there is a prophecy at the end that portends of…the next series, of course.
SUMMARY OF THE MARK OF ATHENA SERIES
The series is loosely based on the Greek War of the Titans (Titanomachy). The series follows Percy (son of Poseidon), Annabeth (daughter of Athena) and others on several quests, some with the help of the Greek gods and some without, where in the end, they appear to save the world. The Percy Jackson series focuses on Greek mythology, with Greek teenage demigods that train and school at Camp Half-blood. The Mark of Athena is the 3rd book in the Heroes of Olympus series, which is the next series after the Percy Jackson and the Olympians tetralogy. Lansdale’s fantastic all the earth thrown to the sky for another example. The “YA” label is great for parents, but it unfairly tends to send adult readers in another direction like comedians (a regular Bob Hope), great authors can still tell a riveting tale with nary an F-bomb to be dropped see Joe R. As for our family reading group, my son is the youngest (now age 21) and my stepfather the oldest (and the last to get the books sorry, John!) at 85 years young. There’s lots of violence (fighting) of monsters and gods of all mythologies. The “Young Adult” genre label has good and bad connotations for potential readers my interpretation of it for this series is no sex, no cursing, with mainly teenage protagonists. The demigods have issues fitting in with normal kids, discover that they are actually different, and still have questions about fitting in and problems like everyone else they just have to deal with saving the world while fitting in. Riordan’s “young adult” series feature Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythologies, gods with senses of humor (and issues of their own) and demigods that are children of the gods and mortals. But it was more likely through our son’s love of mythology (he once helped a friend ace a test on the subject through what he learned and researched playing the Age of Mythology series of games!). We don’t remember exactly how we found the series it could have been through the author, Rick Riordan (a fellow San Antonio home-boy!) and his adult mysteries set in San Antonio. The Harry Potter series ended in 2007 with the seventh and final book, and somehow we discovered Percy Jackson as a more than able replacement. This kind of family reading not only leads to joint experiences and discussions, but always opens the door for my son to ask me “What part are you at, Dad?” and then tease me with “Oh, you’ll love what happens next,” just enough to not spoil the plot (most of the time). At first my wife and I read the books to our kids, then with them and, finally, as they got older, toward the end of the series, we all read them in round robin fashion, with our then teenage kids blasting through them first, with my wife and I (and others in our extended family) following close behind. Like most families of our generation, we read J.K. The books include well-researched Greek and Roman mythology, very ‘human’ demigods and gods, lots of humor and ‘save-the-world’ action.
And flying ships! And Riordan is from San Antonio!ĬONS: Gotta wait for at least one more and maybe two in the series.īOTTOM LINE: Rick Riordan gets my vote (and my family’s vote) to fill the void left by the end of the Harry Potter series.
SUMMARY OF THE MARK OF ATHENA FULL
PROS: Full of Greek and Roman mythology fast paced suitable for kids, young adults and adults.
All while the teenage demigods act like…well…teenagers. And the Roman demigods are threatening the Greek demigods camp. Gaia sends giants and other mythological creatures against them. REVIEW SUMMARY: The third book in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series joins Percy Jackson (son of Poseidon), Jason Grace (son of Jupiter) and other Greek and Roman demigods in a quest to save the world from the destructive awakening of Gaia, goddess of the Earth.īRIEF SYNOPSIS: Seven teenage demigods of prophecy race to Rome to save one of their own and to thwart Gaia, one of the most powerful gods in mythology. My review of Rick Riordan’s The Mark of Athena is up at the Hugo-award winning.
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