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Rick Riordan Previews ‘Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods’
Fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson universe have a lot to look forward to in the coming months and years, with a new television adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians as well as a whole new book centred around Percy, Annabeth, and Grover.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Riordan previewed Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods, revealing loads of new information. If that wasn’t already enough, the author also revealed the cover of the latest Percy Jackson book.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Obviously you’ve been working on the new Percy Jackson show at Disney for a little while, and I assume a lot of that has been reconnecting with the beginnings of Percy’s story and figuring out how to approach The Lightning Thief in this new way. So what inspired you to tell a new Percy story at the same time that you’re revisiting his beginnings?
RICK RIORDAN: The idea for Chalice of the Gods actually started out when we were looking at the adaptation process again, and was kind of my idea to sort of pitch something that might be of interest to Disney overall as a way of saying, “Well, what we could do is if you guys are open to doing a new TV show, maybe I could revisit Percy and do a new Percy book for the first time in umpteen number of years.”
Turns out I didn’t need that as a pitch, but as we were going through the TV show process, I started, as you say, reconnecting with the characters and getting to know them all over again. And we started talking about what publishing could do to support the TV show. I thought back to the ideas that I had pitched for new Percy books, and that had kind of been stewing on the back burner there for a while, and it just felt like the right time. It felt like the right thing to do to celebrate Percy Jackson coming home to a new adaptation. And the story was just fun. I like the idea that Percy has a day-in-the-life adventure, and it’s not the world is at stake.
We can all relate to that situation: “Oh Lord, I have to apply to college now.” It’s something I’ve been through with my kids, and I think especially a lot of the older readers might enjoy that. So it’s been a lot of fun.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So this is an idea that had occurred to you over the years, but the timing wasn’t right as you were caught up in other projects?
RICK RIORDAN: Yeah. I mean, it just didn’t seem like the timing was right until all the cogs and the wheels kind of turned the same direction. It was very interesting working on the Chalice of the Gods while also working on The Lightning Thief as a TV season, because one informed the other. When my wife, Becky — who is always my first editor and my first reader — first read parts of Chalice of the Gods for me, she said, “It’s amazing how much of the TV show is in this new book.” Not content-wise, but in terms of voice and just little nuances that we snuck into the TV show that are informing the new book with Percy. So yeah, it’s been a great amount of fun to do both at the same time.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You mentioned that the book will be following him in the college application process. How has Percy changed or grown since the last time we saw him on the page?
RICK RIORDAN: Well, the poor guy’s still 17. I’ve stuck him in time. So he can’t graduate high school, at least not yet. He’s starting his senior year. This is after The Heroes of Olympus and before The Trials of Apollo. So it’s his fall semester, senior year, new high school again. He and Annabeth and Grover are just trying to be New York kids and enjoy being seniors, but also avoiding the monster attacks. And the idea for him is that if he can just get through high school, statistically speaking, it gets a lot better for demigods, because by then they’re a little too old and a little too powerful for monsters to be attacking every week. So they could conceivably have a normal adulthood, and that would be awesome. But when you’re a demigod, you never take anything for granted.
So he’s older and wiser, to a point. He has a lot of experience to draw on. He’s not the new demigod on the block anymore, but he still has that same snarky sense of humor. The Percy Jackson voice was the easiest thing for me to get back into. It’s just so near and dear to me. It was really lovely to be able to write from Percy’s first-person point of view again, which I haven’t done in quite a while.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I bet! You and I talked years ago at the Magnus Chase launch event in New York, and Trials of Apollo was going on at the same time. So you’ve done these other books, you’ve lived with these other protagonists like Magnus and Apollo. What is still fun about Percy as a protagonist after spending time with these other characters?
RICK RIORDAN: I mean, Percy is my alter ego in a lot of ways. He’s also my son’s alter ego. So I mean, he’s really a member of my family. When I write Percy, it’s like just chatting with a family member at the dinner table, and it’s so familiar to me. So I’m not going to say it’s easy, because I do have to work to channel his voice and be on point and make sure he’s being clever enough and being Percy enough. But it is very familiar to me, and I like to compare the Percy voice to a comfortable lpair of jeans. I mean, you put them on and it’s like you’re at home. It’s the easiest thing.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What can you tease about how college works for demigods? How did you build that out in this world?
RICK RIORDAN: In previous books I’ve kind of hinted that the plan, as Annabeth sees it, is that she and Percy will go to the demigod college at University of New Rome in the Bay Area in California. But at the same time, they will also be sort of dual-enrolling in a local mortal college.
So Annabeth is thinking UC Berkeley. I don’t know if Percy can get in there with his grades, but that’s the idea. That they will go to college together hopefully and be safe in the Bay Area, have a nice experience there, and then after that, who knows? She wants to study architecture and design. Percy just wants to pass!
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The previous five Percy Jackson books touched on a lot of the “greatest hits” of Greek mythology, I guess you could call them. What Greek myths or characters were left over that you’re now getting the chance to explore?
RICK RIORDAN: The amazing thing is even after writing about Greek and Roman mythology for 15 books, there are still characters, monsters, and gods that I haven’t even touched. The obvious one is Ganymede, who is the center of this story. He’s lost his cup, and he’s the cupbearer of the gods.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: That doesn’t sound good.
RICK RIORDAN: Especially since the cup, if you drink from it and you’re a mortal, it can make you immortal. So it’s not one of those things you want floating around in the world. You kind of want to know where it is. So I had to dig into Ganymede’s past and think about, “Okay, well, if he’s lost his cup, why would that be?” Turns out there are a lot of people who have it in for Ganymede in Greek mythology, a lot of other gods who don’t like him very much for various reasons. So it gave me a chance to get into some internal family politics among the Olympians that I haven’t really explored. That’s what it really is: It’s about bickering among the family. It’s not so much about the scary monsters. Sure, there are scary monsters too, but it’s mostly about the bickering between the gods and how they always get in trouble. And then of course, they always need demigods to get them out of it.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Yeah, Hera’s not his biggest fan, if I recall correctly.
RICK RIORDAN: That is true. Annabeth and Percy, having had their fill of Hera, are hoping that she’s not behind this. They don’t think so because it’s a little bit beneath her, maybe, but there are a whole lot of other culprits to figure out. It’s a whodunit, really: Who stole the cup?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEEKLY: That has some resonances with The Lightning Thief, right? Because a whodunit is how this all started.
RICK RIORDAN: Absolutely. And Percy remarks on that in Chalice of the Gods. It’s like, “What is it with these gods? They need tracking devices on their artefacts.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Since we’re doing the cover reveal for the book, I wanted to ask you a bit about this image of the chalice with these creatures coming out of it. They look like birds, and then maybe a snake or a hydra. What can you tell us about these images?
RICK RIORDAN: A lot of those are sacred animals to various gods, so there’s a hint for you. They are symbols of the gods, but they’re also creatures that Percy and Annabeth and Grover will actually have to face in one way or another. I love Victo Ngai’s art because it’s stylized, and it’s very symbolic without being over-representational. I like that style because it reminds me of the retro ’60s and ’70s sci-fi and fantasy novels that I grew up on. The old Lord of the Rings covers sort of had that vibe to them, and I really respond to that. I think covers like that tend to engage your imagination and let you fill in the blanks, like you were just doing: “Okay, there’s a bird. What does that mean?” That’s what we want you to think. We want you to use your imagination and try to decode the mystery of all the symbols on the cover without it just being, boom, here’s a kid with a sword fighting a big flaming thing.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Going back to Ganymede and his cup, you mentioned that it has these properties where mortals can drink it and become immortal. That can’t help but remind me of not just the Holy Grail, but the antecedents of the Holy Grail in Celtic mythology, all the magic cauldrons. You’ve become something of an expert in comparative mythology over the years. As you were doing these deep dives on Ganymede, that must have struck you, the resemblances to some other mythologies.
RICK RIORDAN: Yeah. The chalice is such an omnipresent image in world mythology. It is so symbolic of so many things: It’s both nourishment and life, but it’s also poison and betrayal. It’s power, but it’s also warmth and family. It can mean so many things. And the missing cup, of course, as we know from the Holy Grail and everything else, that’s one of the classic motifs of folklore and mythology. So it was fun to play with that.
It was especially fun because it made so much sense to me that if you have a cup that turns people immortal, the only demigod Ganymede would trust to look for something like that would be Percy, because he’s literally the only living demigod who’s ever turned down immortality.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So do you think of Chalice of the Gods as Percy Jackson and the Olympians book No. 6, or is it, like you say, more of just a day-in-the-life adventure?
RICK RIORDAN: I mean, I wanted it to read like Percy Jackson 6 in the sense that if you were to pick this up right after The Last Olympian, the tone would be very familiar. The characters would be familiar, the action would feel like a classic Percy Jackson book. Now, in terms of plot, it doesn’t continue the story chronologically. It doesn’t relate directly to those events.
This is, after all, a year or two years later. So it’s more like a coda to the Percy Jackson series. And there are little references to things that happen in Heroes of Olympus, but I tried to be very conscious of the fact that you can read this book without necessarily having to know what happened in all 15 books previously.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It doesn’t sound like you’re tired of Percy or anything. Could you possibly come back for more in the future?
RICK RIORDAN: I mean, I had a good long break from writing the classic Percy novels. It’s been well over a decade since I wrote in that voice, and I think that break was nice. I do think that going back to it now with the TV series made sense. It’s sort of my version of a thank-you letter to all the fans who have stuck with me over the years and have been waiting for the TV show. It’s my way of celebrating with them. It’s like a high school reunion: Let’s go back and see our old friends again and get back into that vibe that we had in the original series to celebrate The Lightning Thief being reborn.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I got into Percy young, I think before The Titan’s Curse. That was the first new one for me when I was reading them. Now as a journalist and writer who covers this work, I can’t help but notice how much the fan base has grown over the years, how intensely loyal they are, how interested they are in any new snippet about your work or Percy. It looks like they’re going to have a really great couple of years ahead.
RICK RIORDAN: I certainly hope so. We’re excited, and it is neat to see this multigenerational fandom get invested in the books and in the TV show as well. I mean, we would never have believed back in 2005 that Percy Jackson would still be a thing in 2023. I mean, that’s a long good run, and every day just feels like gravy. It’s like, I can’t believe I’m still doing this, and they pay me money to write these stories. I feel very grateful.
ENTRERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We’ve been talking so much about Percy as a character, his viewpoint and his perspective. What are you excited for people to see about Walker Scobell’s portrayal of him in the upcoming series?
RICK RIORDAN: Oh my gosh. Walker’s Percy is just totally spot-on. I mean, it’s really hard to take a book that is told 100 percent from a first-person narrator and translate it to film, because you can’t… I mean, I guess you could have a voice-over narrative.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Yeah, but it’s not the same.
RICK RIORDAN: It’s not the same. So we have to figure out how to convey Percy’s personality in other ways, through his lines of dialogue, through his expressions, through his actions. And Walker has that sense of alchemy. Everybody says this about him when they watch him perform: This kid is a superstar. The screen loves him, and he is so good and so natural and so dedicated at everything. It really is stunning, and he’s a huge megafan of the books.
I kid you not, he’s read the books more times than I have. So he’s prereading The Sun and the Star right now. He could not wait. I was like, “Okay, I’ll get you an advanced copy, but you have got to keep it to yourself.” But that love of the series and the source material really comes through.
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‘Percy Jackson’ Disney+ Series Casts Lance Reddick, Toby Stephens
We just got some godly news from the set of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Lance Reddick and Toby Stephens have joined the cast of Disney’s adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books. Reddick will guest star as Zeus, while Stephens will guest star as Poseidon.
The pair will appear in the series alongside Walker Scobell as Percy, Aryan Simhadri as Grover, and Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth. Other cast members include Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally and Timm Sharp as well as Dior Goodjohn, Olivea Morton, Charlie Bushnell, Adam Copeland, Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Timothy Omundsen, and Jay Duplass.
Based on the Rick Riordan book series of the same name, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” follows the titular 12-year old demi-god as he is “just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt,” the logline states. “With help from his friends Grover and Annabeth, Percy must embark on an adventure of a lifetime to find it and restore order to Olympus.”
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Logan Lerman Shuts Down ‘Percy Jackson and The Olympians’ Casting Rumour
Logan Lerman, the who starred as Percy Jackson in the original film franchise, has reacted to rumours that he will portray Percy’s father Poseidon in the upcoming Disney Plus adaptation.
Lerman, who has also starred in films like Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Bullet Train, and Furry, has been fans’ first pick for Poseidon since the series was first announced back in 2020. The actor, however, is making clear that he won’t be returning in the reboot.
“I get people asking me all the time if I’m gonna play Poseidon, and I’m like, ‘Am I old enough to play Poseidon?,’” he told Esquire. “I don’t think I’m old enough for that one! I wouldn’t cast me in that role if I was part of the creative team. I don’t know, these are all hypotheticals, so I have no idea.”
Lermen then went on to explain that no one involved with the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series has been in touch with him about a role, but reiteated the he doesn’t think he’d be the right fit for the role. 7
“I don’t think I’m right for that anyways,” he said about the role. “I also just don’t even know if it’s interesting to me, in terms of: I don’t even know what that would be. But there’s not a secret that’s waiting to be announced or something like that. I do get asked a lot about it, and I hate to disappoint and be like, ‘No, I don’t know anything, and I’m not involved,’ but that’s the truth.”
While some fans might be upset to hear that Lerman won’t be portraying Poseidon in the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series, the actor made his excitement for the upcoming reboot clear.
“There are so many things I just don’t know about that project,” he added. “But what I do know is that Rick Riordan is doing it, and that’s pretty cool for the fans of the Percy Jackson series. I’m excited for those fans to get that version of the story told and see what they do with this.”
Percy Jackson And The Olympians still doesn’t have an official release date, but the series is expected to land sometime in 2024. We got our first-look at the show in an official teaser trailer, which shows off Walker Scobell as Percy and reveals a glimpse of Camp Half-Blood.
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‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Series Adds Jay Duplass And Timothy Omundson to Cast
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series at Disney+ has added Jay Duplass and Timothy Omundsen in guest star roles.
The news that Duplass and Omundsen have joined the cast of Percy Jackson and the Olympians was announced earlier today (Friday 18th November) on social media.
Duplass will play Hades, the god of the Underworld. Per the official character description, “Hades feels like an outcast from his family and a misunderstood genius. He holds a grudge for past wrongs and plays his cards close to the chest.”
Omundson will play Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths. “Hephaestus became disabled when he was thrown off Mount Olympus as a babe,” his character description states. “Despite that, his strength is legendary, and his capacity for kindness and mercy sets him apart from his brothers and sisters in the dog-eat-dog world of the gods.”
The pair will appear in the series alongside Walker Scobell as Percy as well as Aryan Simhadri as Grover and Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth. Additional cast members include Virginia Kull, Glynn Turman, Jason Mantzoukas, Megan Mullally and Timm Sharp as well as Dior Goodjohn, Olivea Morton, Charlie Bushnell, and more recent additions including Adam Copeland, Suzanne Cryer, Jessica Parker Kennedy, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
For those that aren’t already aware, the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series follows a 12-year-old boy who learns that he is a powerful demigod. He’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must travel across America to find the bolt and restore order to Olympus.
Disney+ started to develop a new adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series in 2020, following the studios acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Riordan has been closely involved with the series, acting as a co-writer and executive producer. The series will adapt each of Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, with each season adapting a single book. The series will begin with an adaptation of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief, before hopefully continuing to the other stories in the series.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Cast As Hermes In ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians’
Disney Plus’ Percy Jackson And The Olympians series just found its messenger god! It has been announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Mary Poppins Returns) will have a recurring role in Percy Jackson And The Olympians, the upcoming adaptation of Rick Riordan’s best-selling book series.
Miranda will portray the Greek god Hermes, the messenger god who looks out for travellers and thieves. Hermes is a key character in the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series, as he is the absent father of the series’ antagonist Luke (Charlie Bushnell). The actor joins Walker Scobell (Percy), Aryan Simhadri (Grover), and Leah Save Jeffries (Annabeth)in the series. The show also stars Glynn Turman as Chiron, Jason Mantzoukas as Mr D/Dionysus, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Megan Mullally as Alecto / Ms. Dodds, Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit, Suzanne Cryer as Echidna, and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa.
For those that aren’t already aware, the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series follows a 12-year-old boy who learns that he is a powerful demigod. He’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must travel across America to find the bolt and restore order to Olympus.
Disney+ started to develop a new adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series in 2020, following the studios acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Riordan has been closely involved with the series, acting as a co-writer and executive producer. The series will adapt each of Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, with each season adapting a single book. The series will begin with an adaptation of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief, before hopefully continuing to the other stories in the series.
Source: Deadline
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Everything We Know About ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ On Disney+
Fans of Rick Riordon’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, it’s time to get excited. After acquiring the rights to the Percy Jackson series along with 20th Century Fox, Disney is officially making a Percy Jackson And The Olympians TV series.
Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians series follows 12-year-old Percy Jackson, who learns that he is a powerful demigod. He’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must travel across America to find the bolt and restore order to Olympus.
Here’s everything we know about the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series on Disney+:
Behind The Scenes
Percy Jackson And The Olympians is based on the massively-popular series of books by Rick Riordan. The series is being developed by Disney+ following a pitch to the studio from Rick Riordan.
The pilot for Percy Jackson And The Olympians was written by Rick Riordan and Jon Steinberg. The pilot will be directed by James Bobin, who has previously directed Dora And The Lost City Of Gold and Alice Through The Looking Glass.
Jon Steinberg will oversee the series with his producing partner Dan Shotz. Steinberg and Shotz serve as executive producers alongside Rick Riordan, James Bobin, Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D.J. Goldberg.
The first season of Percy Jackson And The Olympians is currently filming. The season will consist of eight episodes.
Plot
The Percy Jackson And The Olympians series will follow the same plot as Riordan’s book series.
Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians series follows 12-year-old Percy Jackson, who learns that he is a powerful demigod. He’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must travel across America to find the bolt and restore order to Olympus.
Riordan revealed that each season of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians will adapt one of the books. This means that the first season will tell the story of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief. Later seasons will adapt the rest of the series, which includes Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters, Percy Jackson And The Titan’s Curse, Percy Jackson And The Battle Of The Labyrinth, and Percy Jackson And The Last Olympians.
Cast
Casting a book series as popular as Percy Jackson And The Olympians is never easy, but the Disney+ adaptation is off to a great start.
Walker Scobell, who recently stole the show in The Adam Project, will play Percy Jackson. Aryan Simhadri plays Grover Underwood and Leah Sava Jeffries plays Annabeth Chase.
The rest of the cast includes Glynn Turman as Chiron, Jason Mantzoukas as Mr D/Dionysus, Virginia Kull as Sally Jackson, Megan Mullally as Alecto / Ms. Dodds, Timm Sharp as Gabe Ugliano, Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse La Rue, Charlie Bushnell as Luke Castellan, Olivea Morton as Nancy Bobofit, Suzanne Cryer as Echidna, and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa.
Teaser
A small teaser trailer for Percy Jackson And The Olympians was released during Disney’s fan-favourite D23 Expo. The first-look teaser was revealed by the series’ three leads: Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase), and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood). The footage gives us our very first look at the live-action Percy Jackson And The Olympians sreries, and I’m sure we can all agree that everything looks great so far.
Release Date
The Percy Jackson And The Olympians TV series doesn’t have an official release date, but the series is expected to land at some point in 2024.
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5 Things We Can’t Wait To See In ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Season 1
As I’m sure all of you are already aware, a Percy Jackson And The Olympians television series is coming to Disney+ – with a small teaser for the series already doing the rounds.
The Percy Jackson And The Olympians series doesn’t have an official release date, but we do know a decent amount about the upcoming adaptation. Author Rick Riordan has been closely involved with the series, acting as a co-writer and executive producer. The series will adapt each of Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, with each season adapting a single book. As for the cast, Walker Scobell will play Percy Jackson, Leah Sava Jeffries will play Annabeth Chase and Aryan Simhadri will portray Grover Underwood.
A faithful live-action adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians is something that I’ve always dreamed of seeing, so it’s incredibly exciting to hear that Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and the other heroes of Camp Half-Blood will be making their way to the small screen. Like most fans of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, I’ve always wanted to see how the world translates to live-action – and there’s a very large list of moments that I can’t wait to see in the upcoming series.
The first season of Disney’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians will adapt the first of Rick Riordan’s books, Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief. In the list below, you’ll see five moments from the first book that I can’t wait to see when the series lands on Disney+:
5. The Minotaur Fight
While Percy’s fight against the Minotaur wasn’t technically his first mystical battle, it was the first time we really got to see the young Half-Blood in full-on action. After his mum was seemingly killed in a shower of golden light, 12-year-old Percy jumps to action and kills the famous mythological beast.
4. Entering The Underworld
There are so many moments from Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief that I can’t wait to see in the Disney+ adaptation, but Percy, Annabeth, and Grover entering the underworld to confront Hades is something I can’t wait to see. Convinced that Hades stole Zeus’ Master Bolt, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover make their way through the Underworld, passing Cerberus, the three-headed Rottweiler along the way. They finally reach Hades’ palace only to learn that he didn’t steal the Master Bolt and that they have been tricked by another god.
3. Percy Is Claimed
How could I not talk about the moment Percy is claimed and revealed to be a child of one of the big three Gods. Following his first game of capture the flag, Percy is attacked by a hellhound from the Fields of Punishment. The beast is quickly killed, leaving Percy with some nasty wounds. As Percy re-enters the water to heal his wounds, a hologram of green light shines above him and reveals that Poseidon has claimed Percy as his son.
2. Capture The Flag
There’s plenty to look forward to when Percy Jackson And The Olympians lands on Disney+, but the capture the flag sequence is something I can’t wait to see. Following his arrival at Camp Half-Blood, Percy takes part in a game of capture the flag. When Percy is attacked by Clarisse and some other campers, he falls into the creek and somehow finds the strength to win the fight.
1. The Ares Fight
I know I know, having the Ares fight at number one isn’t exactly the most original choice – but who doesn’t want to see a 12-year-old Percy taking on the god of war. After realising that Ares is responsible for the Master Bolt’s theft, Percy agrees to fight the war god. While the odds are very much in Ares’ favour, Percy manages to hold his own and win the fight. The god of war drops his sword in defeat and disappears in a bright light – but not before warning Percy that he’s made a dangerous new enemy.
Do you agree with my list? What moments from Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief are you most excited to see in Percy Jackson And The Olympians season one? Let me know in the comments section below.
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‘Percy Jackson’ Reading Order: How To Read Rick Riordan’s ‘Percy Jackson’ Book Series In Order
If you want to read Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books but you’re not sure where to begin, Diary Of A Demigod has you covered!
For those that aren’t already aware, the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series follows a 12-year-old boy who learns that he is a powerful demigod. He’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must travel across America to find the bolt and restore order to Olympus.
The Percy Jackson series consists of the main Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, but there are also sequel books, short stories and spin-offs to read as well. Looking at the somewhat daunting list of titles can make it difficult to know where to begin, so I’ve come up with a quick and easy reading guide to help you get started.
Percy Jackson And The Olympians
If you’re going to start the Percy Jackson books, you’ve got to start with the original Percy Jackson And The Olympians series. The Percy Jackson And The Olympians series will introduce you to the world of Greek gods and half-bloods, as well as some of the characters that you’ll be spending a great deal of time with. Here’s the order of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians books:
1. Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction — Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
2. Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters
When Thalia’s tree is mysteriously poisoned, the magical borders of Camp Half-Blood begin to fail. Now Percy and his friends have just days to find the only magic item powerful to save the camp before it is overrun by monsters. The catch: they must sail into the Sea of Monsters to find it. Along the way, Percy must stage a daring rescue operation to save his old friend Grover, and he learns a terrible secret about his own family, which makes him question whether being the son of Poseidon is an honor or a curse.
3. Percy Jackson And The Titan’s Curse
When Percy Jackson gets an urgent distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he will need his powerful demigod allies at his side, his trusty bronze sword Riptide, and… a ride from his mom.
The demigods rush to the rescue to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two powerful half-bloods whose parentage is unknown. But that’s not all that awaits them. The titan lord Kronos has devised his most treacherous plot yet, and the young heroes have just fallen prey.
They’re not the only ones in danger. An ancient monster has arisen — one rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus — and Artemis, the only goddess who might know how to track it, is missing. Now Percy and his friends, along with the Hunters of Artemis, have only a week to find the kidnapped goddess and solve the mystery of the monster she was hunting. Along the way, they must face their most dangerous challenge yet: the chilling prophecy of the titan’s curse.
4. Percy Jackson And The Battle Of The Labyrinth
Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun, but when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears, pursued by demon cheerleaders, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Time is running out for Percy. War between the gods and the Titans is drawing near. Even Camp Half-Blood isn’t safe, as Kronos’ army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth — a sprawling underground world with surprises and danger at every turn.
Along the way Percy will confront powerful enemies, find out the truth about the lost god Pan, and face the Titan lord Kronos’ most terrible secret. The final war begins… with the Battle of the Labyrinth.
5. Percy Jackson And The Last Olympian
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows.
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.
6. The Demigod Files
A supplement to the Percy Jackson series, The Demigod Files include three original Percy Jackson short stories, interviews with the characters, and other fun extras!
The Heroes Of Olympus
When you’ve finished to main Percy Jackson And The Olympians series, you’ll want to move on to The Heroes Of Olympus. This is a sequel series featuring new and familiar characters, but it’s a must-read if you enjoyed the main series.
1. The Lost Hero
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.
Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?
Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.
2. The Son Of Neptune
In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest:
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.Who are the other four mentioned in the prophecy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea…
With an ever-expanding cast of brave-hearted heroes and formidable foes, this second book in The Heroes of Olympus series offers all of the action, pathos, and humor that Rick Riordan fans crave.
3. The Mark Of Athena
Annabeth is terrified. Just when she’s about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo’s fantastical creation doesn’t appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.
And that’s only one of her worries. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find—and close— the Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?
Annabeth’s biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he’s now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side.
Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare…
4. The House Of Hades
At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy’s instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through the Gaea’s forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors are sealed, how will Percy and Annabeth be able to escape?
They have no choice. If the demigods don’t succeed, Gaea’s armies will never die. They have no time. In about a month, the Romans will march on Camp Half-Blood. The stakes are higher than ever in this adventure that dives into the depths of Tartarus.
5. The Blood Of Olympus
Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen—all of them, and they’re stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood—the blood of Olympus—in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance.
Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea’s army of powerful giants? As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.
6. The Demigod Diaries
A collection of short stories set during The Heroes Of Olympus, plus character profiles, new artwork, and more!
The Kane Chronicles
When you’ve completed the Heroes Of Olympus series, it’s time for The Kane Chronicles trilogy. Set in the same universe as Percy Jackson And The Olympians and The Heroes Of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles is based on Egyptian mythology and follows new characters Carter and Sadie Kane.
1. The Red Pyramid
Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a “research experiment” at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them–Set–has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe–a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
2. The Throne Of Fire
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven’t given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House, which has become a training ground for young magicians.
And now their most threatening enemy yet – the chaos snake Apophis – is rising. If they don’t prevent him from breaking free in a few days’ time, the world will come to an end. In other words, it’s a typical week for the Kane family.
To have any chance of battling the Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra. But that would be a feat more powerful than any magician has ever accomplished.
First they have to search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spells. Oh, and did we mention that no one knows where Ra is exactly?
Narrated in two different wisecracking voices, featuring a large cast of new and unforgettable characters, and with adventures spanning the globe, this second installment in the Kane Chronicles is nothing short of a thrill ride.
3. The Serpent’s Shadow
When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma’at—order—to the world. What they didn’t know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three days’ time. The magicians are divided. The gods are disappearing, and those that remain are weak. Walt, one of Carter and Sadie’s most gifted initiates, is doomed and can already feel his life force ebbing. Zia is too busy babysitting the senile sun god, Ra, to be of much help. What are a couple of teenagers and a handful of young trainees to do?
There is, possibly, one way to stop Apophis, but it is so difficult that it might cost Carter and Sadie their lives, if it even works at all. It involves trusting the ghost of a psychotic magician not to betray them, or worse, kill them. They’d have to be crazy to try. Well, call them crazy.
With hilarious asides, memorable monsters, and an ever-changing crew of friends and foes, the excitement never lets up in The Serpent’s Shadow, a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying conclusion to the Kane Chronicles trilogy.
4. Demigods & Magicians
A series of short stories featuring a Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicles crossover.
The Trials Of Apollo
Rick Riordan’s The Trials Of Apollo is another Percy Jackson and Heroes Of Olympus sequel series, which follows the god Apollo, who has been turned into a human as punishment from his father and king of the gods Zeus.
1. The Hidden Oracle
How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor. But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
2. The Dark Prophecy
Zeus has punished his son Apollo–god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more–by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous–and frankly, humiliating–trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Fortunately, what he lacks in godly graces he’s gaining in new friendships–with heroes who will be very familiar to fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series. Come along for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride.
3. The Burning Maze
The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad.
With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor—and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles—somewhere in the American Southwest. There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon. . . .
4. The Tyrant’s Tomb
It’s not easy being Apollo, especially when you’ve been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient Oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies.
Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo’s aid to survive the onslaught. Unfortunately, the answer to their salvation lies in the forgotten tomb of a Roman ruler . . . someone even worse than the emperors Apollo has already faced.
5. The Tower Of Nero
At last, the breathtaking, action-packed finale of the #1 bestselling Trials of Apollo! Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester’s demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester’s final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo have to face his arch nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist? These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting.
Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is another sequel trilogy. This one follows Magnus Chase, a new demigod is born—this time from Norse mythology. Join Magnus Chase, a homeless boy from Boston, on a wild adventure that will have him meeting the gods of Asgard and discovering his true identity.
1. The Sword Of Summer
Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers.
One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about. When Magnus tries to outmaneuver his uncle, he falls right into his clutches. Randolph starts rambling about Norse history and Magnus’s birthright: a weapon that has been lost for thousands years.
The more Randolph talks, the more puzzle pieces fall into place. Stories about the gods of Asgard, wolves, and Doomsday bubble up from Magnus’s memory. But he doesn’t have time to consider it all before a fire giant attacks the city, forcing him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents. . . .
Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die.
2. The Hammer Of Thor
Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon – the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds – but this time the hammer isn’t just lost. It has fallen into enemy hands.
If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki — and the price he wants is very high.
3. The Ship Of The Dead
Magnus and his friends take a boat trip to the farthest borders of Jotunhein and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard’s greatest threat. Life preservers are mandatory for this wet, wild, and wondrous adventure.
Upcoming Books
There are still some books on the way, including a new Nico di Angelo spinoff book and a recently announced Percy Jackson And The Olympians continuation novel titled Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods.
1. The Sun and the Star (written by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro)
As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life–literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that’s been the case so far . . .
Now Nico is being plagued by a voice calling out to him from Tartarus, the lowest part of the Underworld. He thinks he knows who it is: a reformed Titan named Bob whom Percy and Annabeth had to leave behind when they escaped Hades’s realm. Nico’s dreams and Rachel Dare’s latest prophecy leave little doubt in Nico’s mind that Bob is in some kind of trouble. Nico has to go on this quest, whether Mr. D and Chiron like it or not. And of course Will insists on coming with. But can a being made of light survive in the darkest part of the world? and what does the prophecy mean that Nico will have to “leave something of equal value behind?”
Nico will have to face demons both internal and external as his relationship with Will is tested to the core in this standalone adventure featuring two of the most popular characters in the Percy Jackson saga.
2. Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods
Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods takes place during Percy’s senior year at Alternative High School in New York — after the action of The Heroes of Olympus, but before The Trials of Apollo. This time around, Percy is not worried about saving the world. He has a much harder quest: getting into college. New Rome University requires recommendation letters from three gods, which means . . . yep, you guessed it. Percy has to run quests to get the letters. (That sound you hear is Percy screaming into his pillow in frustration.)
First quest: the cupbearer of the gods, Ganymede, is missing his chalice. Not only is this embarrassing. It’s also a potential disaster, since any mortal who happens to drink from the cup will gain immortality. Percy, Annabeth and Grover have to find that chalice and return it to Ganymede before anyone realizes he lost it. These gods . . . they really need GPS tags on their magic items, don’t they?
Companion Books
1. Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
2. Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes
3. Hotel Valhalla: Guide to the Norse Worlds
4. The Trials of Apollo: Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio’s Journal
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‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Book Series Ranked
Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians book series inspired millions of young readers, myself included, but which book is the best of them all?
To get this blog officially started, I have put together a personal ranking of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians book series. For this ranking I decided to limit myself to the original Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, which means I won’t be including spin-offs like the Heroes of Olympus or Trials of Apollo this time around.
I also feel like it’s important to note that I’m a huge fan of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series. While I certainly enjoy some of the books more than others, I don’t want anyone to think that this ranking means that I dislike any of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians books.
Check out my ranking below:
5. The Sea Of Monsters
Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters might land at the bottom of my Percy Jackson And The Olympians ranking, but don’t go thinking I’m not a fan of this book.
The Sea of Monsters is still an incredibly fun chapter of Percy’s story, and there’s plenty to love in its pages. We get the introduction of Percy’s cyclops half-brother Tyson and the relationship between Percy and Annabeth is developed in some really exciting ways. We also get one of the best twist endings of them all with Thalia being resurrected by the Golden Fleece.
4. The Lightning Thief
I feel like it’s important to note that while I’ve got The Lightning Thief in my number four spot, I’m very much aware that the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series is only as popular as it is thanks to this outrageously fun opening book.
Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief is a near-perfect opener to the series. Riordan introduces the world of Greek gods and half-bloods beautifully, telling the readers what they need to know naturally, rather than hitting us with a massive exposition dump. The Lightning Thief also does a great job of introducing the quirky tone, which is undoubtedly one of the most beloved aspects of the series.
I also give The Lightning Thief a few bonus points for being a fun, carefree and light-hearted adventure, which isn’t overly worried about building the future of the series. Riordan certainly sets the stage for the larger adventure to come, but it doesn’t get in the way of this thrilling ride.
3. The Titan’s Curse
When it comes a ranking of the best Percy Jackson And The Olympians books, The Titan’s Curse will always land towards the top!
The Titan’s Curse marks a change in tone for The Percy Jackson And The Olympians series, as we begin to see Riordan take the books in a slightly more mature direction. The charm and quirky tone of the earlier books is still present, but there’s a definite change in Riordan’s approach to the characters and the incredible dangers they’re facing. This is the first book to feature a major character death, which works beautifully as a reminder that these young heroes are facing real, liofe-threatening stakes.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, in fact, Percy Jackson And The Titan’s Curse is up there as one of the funniest books in the entire series. We’re also introduced to some of the series’ most interesting characters, including Thalia (we don’t REALLY meet her until this book), the hunters of Artemis, and the Di Angelo twins.
2. The Battle Of The Labyrinth
Honestly, when it came to choosing my favourite Percy Jackson And The Olympians book, The Battle Of The Labyrinth was SOOO close to being number one.
Percy Jackson And The Battle Of The Labyrinth is an outrageously fun and thrilling adventure, full of shocking twists and cheer-worthy moments. We get to see Annabeth finally lead her own quest, Tyson is back, and the stakes have never been higher. As the penultimate chapter of Percy’s adventure (at least until The Chalice Of The Gods is released), The Battle Of The Labyrinth does a great job of pushing the plot forward and making sure that all of the pieces are lined up perfectly for the epic conclusion. This book is much more than just a set-up for the finale, however, as we get yet another action-packed and thrilling adventure with Percy and his friends.
1. The Last Olympian
It’s not very often that the final book in a series is the best book in a series, but Percy Jackson And The Last Olympian managed to defy the odds.
It’s never easy to bring something to a satisfying end, but Riordan concluded the series in such a thrilling and beautiful way. Riordan could’ve easily rushed the ending or tied everything together with an unsatisfying bow, but everything was handled perfectly – from the completion of the great prophecy and Luke’s redemption arc to Percy and Annabeth’s relationship and the (at the time) conclusion to the entire series. The Last Olympian also does a great job of bringing Percy’s story to a close, while setting up new adventures with the next great prophecy.
So, that’s it for my personal ranking of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians book series. I hope you enjoyed my ranking of the series, even if you didn’t agree with my thoughts. let me know how you would rank the series in the comments below, and follow Diary Of A Demigod on Facebook and Twitter.
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New ‘Percy Jackson And The Olympians’ Book Announced
Okay everyone, don’t freak out. Rick Riordan has announced that a new Percy Jackson And The Olympians sequel novel is on the way, with Percy, Annabeth, and Grover returning to star in a brand-new adventure.
Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods was described by Rick Riordan as the first “Percy Jackson POV full-length novel” released since Percy Jackson And The Last Olympian in 2009. While Percy and other characters from the original series have appeared in various spin-off/sequel novels, Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods will be a direct continuation of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series.
Read the synopsis for Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods below:
The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy into college.
After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year of high school. Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him. Percy will have to fulfill a new quest in order to get the necessary letter of recommendation from Mount Olympus for his application to New Rome University.
The mission? Help Ganymede, Zeus’s cup-bearer, retrieve his lost goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. You see, one sip from it can turn a mortal into a god, and Zeus would not be pleased with that result. Can Percy, Grover, and Annabeth find the precious cup in time? And if they do, will they be able to resist its special power?
A continuation of the Percy Jackson And The Olympians series is something that fans have been demanding ever since the series came to a close with The Last Olympian. I’m sure all of the fans out there are as excited as I am right now knowing that Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are coming back for another standalone adventure.
The next few years are shaping up to be massive for the Percy Jackson universe. A new Nico di Angelo spin-off titled The Sun And The Star, co-written by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan, is set to land early next year. Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods will then go on sale September 26, 2023 – which is expected to be shortly before the arrival of the Disney+ Percy Jackson And The Olympians television adaptation.
Want to find out more about Percy Jackson And The Chalice Of The Gods? Learn everything you need to know on Rick Riordan’s official blog.
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