With appealing new characters within a familiar framework, this spin-off will satisfy the demand for more.' - Booklist, PRAISE FOR THE MARK OF ATHENA 'With a true storyteller's sense of pacing, Riordan creates another compelling adventure, right down to the cliff-hanger at the end. Flashes of humor lighten the mood at times, but a tone of urgency and imminent danger seems as integral to this series as the last. PRAISE FOR THE SON OF NEPTUNE 'Should pacing and wit continue unabated into the third volume, whose foretold European setting promises further freshness, fans will eagerly await numbers four and five.'- Kirkus, PRAISE FOR THE LOST HERO 'Readers longing for a return to Camp Half-Blood will get their wish.the action scenes come frequently as the three heroic teens fight monstrous enemies in North American locales.

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. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. The Athena Parthenos will go west the Argo II will go east. 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 Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. She needs their blood-the blood of Olympus-in order to wake.

They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. Her giants have risen-all of them-and they're stronger than ever. 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.

In the breathtaking fifth and final book in Rick Riordan's #1 best-selling Heroes of Olympus series, the Greek and Roman demigods must simultaneously prevent Gaea from waking and stop war from breaking out at Camp Half-Blood.

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