American novelist Richard Russell Riordan Junior, born on June 5, 1964, is best known for penning the Percy Jackson & the Olympians trilogy. Big Red Tequila, the first book in the Tres Navarre series, was Riordan’s first complete novel. The Lightning Thief, the first book in the five-volume Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which situated a group of contemporary teenagers in a Greco-Roman legendary setting, served as his major breakthrough in 2005. The Kane Chronicles, a trilogy with a similar premise that focuses on Egyptian mythology, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, another trilogy with a similar premise that concentrates on Norse mythology, and The Heroes of Olympus are all works by Rick Riordan that were written since the Percy Jackson series. In addition, Riordan wrote The Maze of Bones, the first book in The 39 Clues series, and worked with Scholastic Press to develop the series and its sequels. Here are top 10 books by Rick Riordan.
Top 10 Books By Rick Riordan
The Battle of The Labyrinth
Freshman orientation won’t be any fun, according to Percy Jackson. But things get worse very fast when a mystery human acquaintance and demon cheerleaders show up at his new school. Story in this fourth novel of the series is fast paced, and it hooks you as the battle between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos approaches. As Kronos’s army gets ready to break through its previously impenetrable frontiers, even the safe sanctuary of Camp Half-Blood becomes more and more exposed by the minute. In order to stop the invasion, Percy and his fellow demigods must embark on a journey into the Labyrinth, a vast underground environment filled with breath-taking discoveries.
This is the story of fifteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson, son of a human woman and the Greek deity Poseidon, in modern times. By attempting to keep Ariadne’s string from falling into Luke Castellan’s hands through Daedalus’s labyrinth, Percy and his pals Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Rachel Dare, and Tyson attempt to stop Castellan and his army from assaulting Camp Half-Blood. The majority of reviews for The Battle of the Labyrinth were favourable, with reviewers appreciating the plot, humour, and action in the book.
The Lightning Thief
Although Percy Jackson is a good kid, he struggles to concentrate in class and maintain self-control. Being away at boarding school has recently gotten worse for Percy, who thought his pre-algebra teacher had changed into a monster and was trying to kill him. When Percy’s mother learns, she decides that it is time for him to learn the truth about his origins and to travel to the one location where he will be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a demigod summer camp on Long Island, where he discovers that his biological father is Poseidon, the God of the Sea.
In order to entertain his son Haley, who was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, author Rick Riordan started writing novels. His second-grade kid, who had been studying Greek mythology, requested that his father create bedtime tales based on Greek myths. For many years, Riordan taught middle school Greek mythology, and he was able to recall just enough tales to satisfy his son. As soon as Riordan ran out of myths, his son asked him to create new ones based on Greek myths but with a modern twist. Percy Jackson, a fictitious character created by Riordan, journeys through America in search of Zeus’ lightning bolt. Riordan gave demigods the ability to read ancient Greek instead of English and have ADHD and dyslexia as part of their special abilities. After Riordan had finished the tale, his son requested that his father create a book about Percy’s exploits, and he obliged.
The Red Pyramid By Rick Riordan
Carter Kane has been touring the world with his father, the esteemed Egyptologist “Dr. Julius Kane”, ever since his mother passed away six years ago. Carter has been living out of a suitcase. Sadie, Carter’s younger sister, has been living in London with their grandparents while Carter has been home-schooled. Carter already has the time with their father that Sadie yearns for. The siblings are hardly alike after six years of living apart. Sadie and Carter are reunited on Christmas Eve when their father takes them to the British Museum and promises to “make things right.” But things don’t go as planned: Carter and Sadie observe as Julius calls forth an enigmatic entity who promptly banishes their father and sets off a fiery explosion.
The gods of Ancient Egypt are rising up, and the worst among them—Set—has a terrifying plan, which Carter and Sadie soon learn. In order to save their father, they must set out on a perilous mission that will eventually lead them to the truth about their ancestry and its connections to the House of Life, a secrecy organization that dates back to the pharaohs. The story follows Carter and Sadie Kane as they learn that they are related to both Egyptian pharaohs and magicians. They are therefore able to use magic and host gods. The pair unwittingly takes in the Egyptian deities Horus and Isis, while their father is taken in by Set’s kidnapped Osiris. They are thrust into a quest to find their father while also attempting to prevent the end of the world. The book is written to look like a transcription of an audio tape that is alternately narrated in the first person by Carter and Sadie Kane.
The Mark Of Athena
Annabeth is in fear. After six months of being apart due to Hera, she is set to see Percy again, but it appears that Camp Jupiter is getting ready for battle. She can’t hold the Roman demigods responsible for thinking the Argo II is a Greek weapon when Annabeth and her pals Jason, Piper, and Leo sail in on it. Leo’s exotic design, with its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, doesn’t seem friendly. Annabeth believes that the Romans will feel more at ease knowing that the guests from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace when they see their praetor Jason on deck. And that’s the only concern she has. Annabeth has a gift from her mother in her pocket that has the unsettling instruction: The prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to locate and shut the Doors of Death already makes Annabeth feel burdened. And that’s the only concern she has.
The Serpent’s Shadow
Carter and Sadie Kane are unable to subdue Apophis, the chaos snake, despite their best attempts. The Kanes are now faced with the daunting job of having to eliminate Apophis permanently as he now poses a threat to engulf the globe in a state of perpetual darkness. Unfortunately, the gods are divided, the magicians of the House of Life are on the verge of a civil war, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House are fighting the forces of chaos almost entirely by themselves. The sole remaining chance for the Kanes is an old ritual that may possibly transform the serpent’s own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for ages. The Kanes must rely on the violent ghost of a powerful wizard to provide them with the necessary information.
The Blood Of Olympus
Nico had issued a warning. The demigods’ worst memories would be brought back by passing through the House of Hades. Their ghosts would start to flutter. If Nico has to shadow-travel with Reyna and Coach Hedge one more time, he might actually turn into a ghost. However, that might be preferable to the other option, which is to let someone else perish as Hades prophesied. His mother, who left him when he was a young child, is Jason’s ghost. He may not be certain of how he would establish himself as a leader, but he is certain that he won’t betray commitments the way she did. Leo worries that his strategy won’t succeed and that his pals might become involved. But there isn’t another option. They are all aware that one of the Seven must perish if Gaea, the Earth Mother, is to be vanquished. Piper needs to practice giving in to her fears.
The Son Of Neptune By Rick Riordan
He was only aware of his name when he finally emerged from a protracted sleep. Even after the wolf, Lupa told him he was a demigod and taught him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket, his mental fog is still present. Despite having to constantly eliminate creatures along the route, Percy gets to reach a camp for half-bloods. But he has no associations with the camp. He can only remember one other name from his past: Annabeth. She wasn’t particularly good at it back when she was alive. She was a good daughter, for sure, even while her mother was driven by avarice. But that was the issue; when the Voice took control of her mother and ordered Hazel to utilize her “gift” for evil, Hazel was powerless to refuse. The world’s future is now in danger due to her error. Hazel fantasizes about boarding the stallion that shows up in her nightmares and escaping everything. This breath-taking second volume of the Heroes of Olympus series introduces new demigods, revives terrifying monsters, and features other remarkable creatures, all of which are destined to play a part in the Prophecy of Seven. It begins at the “other” camp for half-bloods and extends as far as the land beyond the gods.
The Lost Hero
Before waking up in a bus full of children on a school trip, he had no recollection of anything. He reportedly has a girlfriend named Piper, and Leo is his closest friend. All of them attend the Wilderness School, which Leo describes as a boarding school for “bad kids. Since she had that horrifying nightmare about her father being in danger, her father has been absent for three days. Piper is baffled by her dream and the abrupt failure of her boyfriend to recognize her. She has a feeling she’s about to find out, whether she wants to or not, when a bizarre storm strikes during the school trip, unleashing strange animals and carrying her, Jason, and Leo off to a location named Camp Half-Blood. He immediately feels at home when he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, which is furnished with machine parts and power tools. However, there are also strange things, such as the curse that everyone keeps mentioning and a camper that has vanished. The strangest part is that Leo and his bunkmates both claim to be deities.
The Son Of Sobek
Carter Kane travels to Long Island to look into claims of supernatural occurrences there. In the wetlands at Moriches Bay on Long Island’s south shore, he is unintentionally swallowed by a sizable crocodile while exploring, but he is saved by a weird older adolescent who makes the reptile regurgitate him. Percy Jackson is revealed to be an adolescent. Percy and Carter decide to work together to deal with the monster, which has left them and is terrorizing a nearby suburban community after a brief argument leaves both of them perplexed about the origins of the other. The beast, according to Carter’s theory, is a petsuchos, a deity of Sobek’s son who is immortal and invulnerable unless he is wearing an enchanted necklace. The monster shrinks into a young crocodile after the necklace is taken off, and the heroes then go to a diner to speak. Percy and Carter are cautious about what they disclose, but they come up with a mechanism to get in touch again if necessary. They part ways, and Carter returns to the 21st Nome with the crocodile and necklace for storage.
The House Of Hades
She could try to prevent Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from starting a war by returning home with the Athena Parthenos statue and the rest of the Argo II crew. Either that, or they could keep searching for the House of Hades, where they might be able to unlock the Doors of Death, free their companions Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and stop monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whatever route they choose, they must act quickly because there is a limited amount of time. The vengeful Earth Mother Gaea has set August 1 as the date for her ascension to power. Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy understand that there is only one option available to them and that is to attempt the impossibly. They have to do it for everyone, they care about, not just themselves. Love might be the riskiest decision of all, though. The hair-raising penultimate novel in the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, The House of Hades, follows the demigods as they take on their toughest challenges yet.
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