The Lost Hero, Newfound Excitement

By Rahul V.

            Famed Rick Riordan strikes again to sequel his popular series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The Lost Hero features many characters and aspects from his previous series, such as Annabeth and even Percy himself, as well as most of the Greek mythological characters. This book is centered around a new character, or characters I should say: Jason, Piper, and Leo.

 

            Jason is the son of Zeus, but is referred to as Jupiter for later-revealed reasons. He can fly and shoot lightening from his hands, and he seems to look “perfect” in the eyes of most girls at Camp Half-Blood. The total package. Piper gets jealous of all this attention because Athena had tricked her into thinking that Jason and she were in a long committed relationship, when in reality Jason had never met her. Piper is the daughter of Aphrodite, and has special tricks of her own up her sleeve, such as the power to make herself look stunningly beautiful. Leo is constantly referred to as the “third wheel” as Piper and Jason gradually become closer as friends. Leo is the son of Hephaestus, and was also tricked by Athena into thinking that he and Jason were best friends. Leo, like the rest of the triumvirate, has special abilities, such as taming the wild beast that no other Cabin 9 kid could do.

            Jason, Piper, and Leo were all sent on a massive quest to free the goddess Athena from the chains of the Olympians’ step-uncles/aunts, the Giants. On this quest the three experience things that they thought they never would have, and become a tight set of friends on this deadly journey. On this quest they battle countless monsters, gods, demigods, and more in order to free Athena. To kill the Giants, the demigods have to team up with the Olympians and use a combined energy to send the oppressors to Tartarus. The only problem is Zeus shut Olympus’s doors to the outside world, so help was hard to find.

            Riordan did a tremendous job with the Percy Jackson series, and honestly, I was not let down by the end of this book. It was greatly thought out. He introduced three new characters in one book, led them on a quest, and had them face things that one would think only Percy and his team could. It was truly an amazing book.

            I would definitely recommend this book to any Greek/Roman mythology lovers. Rick’s books from both series should be available at almost any library and Barnes and Nobles.