Percy Jackson & the Olympians Collections [ The Last Olympian ]

Percy Jackson - The Last Olympian

Book 5 

Hey guys ! This is the forth, and unfortunately the last series of

 Percy Jackson & The Olympian, The Last Olympian

The Last Olympian, the fifth book in the Percy Jackson series, was released on May 5, 2009

Synopsis:

Percy (Perseus) Jackson and his friends fight in a war resembling the original war between the Greek gods and the Titans, and in a final battle with the powerful Titan, Lord Kronos. Typhon (a colossal monster that nearly destroyed Olympus in the first war) is released from under Mount St. Helens, forcing the gods to leave to fight with Olympus virtually undefended.

Seeking to defeat Kronos, Percy bathes in the River Styx, like Luke, to make his body invulnerable except in one spot (mortal point; in Percy's case, the small of his back). Percy and his friends then fight in a last stand to protect Mount Olympus from the oncoming invasion of Kronos. They find out that a mortal girl that Percy met in the third book, The Titan's Curse, was destined to become the Oracle.

Percy also finds out the last Olympian is Hestia and gives her Pandora's jar, telling her she is the last and most important Olympian, "because Hope survives best at the hearth". Percy and Luke (possessed by Kronos) battle at the top of Mt. Olympus.

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Luke is shocked back into his normal self after hurting Annabeth. During this battle, Percy turns 16, making the Great Prophecy come into effect. Annabeth tells Percy to give Luke the knife, leaving himself unarmed. He does and Luke stabs himself in his mortal spot to destroy Kronos and save Mt. Olympus. Percy had made the choice to save Olympus, losing plenty of his friends, and finding out that Luke was the true hero, in the end.

A shroud is made for Luke when the gods return to Olympus. The gods reward Percy and his friends, they even offer him immortality but he refuses and they grant him one request. He requests the gods to recognize all their children and make a place at Camp Half-Blood for Hades and all the children of the minor gods. At the end Percy and Annabeth offical their relationship.

Like other series of Percy Jackson, there will be a prophecy

This prophecy is given to our great hero, Percy Jackson. 

At the end, the heroes will be given gifts from the Gods. What they wished for? Well you have to read for that. 

In The Last Olympian, the Great Prophecy is revealed:

A half blood of the eldest gods,

Shall reach sixteen against all odds,

And see the world in endless sleep,

The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap,

A single choice shall end his days,

Olympus to preserve or raze.

The best ending

Percy Jackson & the Olympians Collections [ The Battle of the Labyrinth ]

Percy Jackson - The Battle of the Labyrinth

Book 4

Hey guys ! This is the forth series of Percy Jackson & The Olympian, The Battle Of Labyrinth

The Battle of the Labyrinth, released on May 6, 2008, is the fourth book in the series.

After being attacked by monster cheerleaders at his new school, Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood and learns about "The Labyrinth", part of the palace of King Minos in Crete that, according to Greek mythology, was designed by Daedalus. During a game/battle with giant scorpions, Annabeth and Percy find an entrance into the Labyrinth. 

Percy soon learns that Luke had used the entrance and will lead his army through the Labyrinth straight into the heart of camp. Annabeth also finds out that she is going to lead a quest for the first time in her life. To get into the Labyrinth, Percy has to find a blue Delta Symbol (Δ) (representing Daedalus) on a passageway, touch it, and then enter the Labyrinth to find Daedalus. Then Percy, Annabeth, Grover and Tyson learn that the Labyrinth is known to grow on its own, and can cause madness that could lead to death. 

While in the Labyrinth, they (with Nico) discover Pan, and he speaks words of wisdom to all of them except Nico. When he dies, part of his essence enters each of the characters except Nico. Percy later notices that Pan did not even speak to Nico.

Synopsis

This thrilling New York Times bestselling series of modern-day mythology continues.

Time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half Blood is growing more vulnerable. To stop them from invading, Percy and his demigod friends must go on a quest through the Labyrinth.

Prophecy: To Annabeth

You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze,

The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise.

You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand

The child of Athena's final stand. 

Destroy with a hero's final breath, 

And lose a love to worse than death. 

Percy Jackson & the Olympians Collections [ The Titan's Curse ]

Percy Jackson - The Titan's Curse

Book 3

Hey guys ! This is the second series of Percy Jackson & The Olympian, The Titan's Curse

 This is the third novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and the sequel to The Sea of Monsters. It charts the adventures of the fourteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson as he and his friends go on a dangerous quest to rescue his friend Annabeth and the Greek goddess Artemis, who have both been kidnapped.

Titan's Curse..? Wait... Who is the Titans..??

In Greek mythology, the Titans  were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. 

You can say that Titans are somewhere higher than the Gods.

The role of the Titans as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians, in the Titanomachy ("War of the Titans") which effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks may have borrowed from the Ancient Near East.

I'll explain more about Titans and Gods in my next post. 

Storyline: When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped.And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared -- a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.r.

Awards and nominations

The Titan's Curse received several literature-related awards, including: number one The New York Times children's series best seller and Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick for 2007. It was also a Quill Award nominee.

Grover has discovered two new half-bloods at a military boarding school and needs his friends' help to protect them. It turns out, though, that the principal of the school is not what he seems, and he's not eager to give them up so easily. It will take not only the half-bloods, but also Apollo, Artemis and her crew of Hunters --- the eternal virgins who accompany the maiden huntress --- to bring the kids back safely to Halfblood Hill.

Artemis, though, suspects that the monster guarding the school is only a shadow of the new evils that the Titan Lord Kronos and his minions (like Percy's old enemy Luke) have let loose upon the world. When Artemis disappears --- and when the Oracle's cryptic messages lead the kids to head into danger to help rescue her --- Percy and his friends might be headed into their most dangerous adventure yet. This time, even though Riordan's trademark humor remains (revealed partly in chapter titles like "We Visit the Junkyard of the Gods"), the kids' choices take on new importance and have real implications for the future, both personally and cosmically

Prophecy in this book:

In the third book of the series, The Titan's Curse, Zoe Nightshade is given a prophecy as follows:

Five shall go west to the goddess in chains,

One shall be lost in the land without rain, 

The bane of Olympus shows the trail,

Campers and Hunters combined prevail,

The Titan's curse must one withstand,

And one shall perish by a parent's hand.

Who's Zoe...? Well she is the daughter of Titan Atlas. That is the only thing I can tell you. The meaning of the prophecy..? Read the book ^^"

Percy Jackson & the Olympians Collections [ The Sea of Monsters ]

Percy Jackson - The Sea Of Monsters

Book 2

Hey guys ! This is the second series of Percy Jackson & The Olympian, The Sea of Monsters

This book, The Sea of Monsters was generally well received and was nominated for numerous awards, including the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick and the 2009 Mark Twain Award.

Like the previous book, The Lightning Thief, this novel is of the fantasy genre.Reviewers consider it to be fast paced, humorous, full of action, and a blend of the themes of acceptance and family love.

Here in this book, Percy Jackson, the protagonist and a 13-year-old demigod who travels to the island of Polyphemus in the Bermuda Triangle to find Grover and recover the Golden Fleece. He is accompanied by Annabeth and Tyson, his half-brother, on the quest. He is successful in the end; and gives Clarisse the Fleece while he is attacked by Luke on his way to the Camp. However, he and his friends are rescued by Chiron and the Party Ponies.

I have read this book, and it turned out to be as good as the first one, The Lightning Thief. This book, The Sea of Monsters also have received a lot of awards !

There is a prophecy in this book and it is given to Clarrise La Rue, the daughter of Ares, the War God:

"You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone,
You shall find what you seek and make it your own,
But despair for your life entombed within stone,

And fail without friends, to fly home alone." 

Make sure u get a copy of this book to find out what the prophecy actually means!

Below are the characters in this book:

Percy Jackson                         Annabeth Chase                Luke Castellan
Grover Underwood                 Tyson                                 Clarisse La Rue
Charles Beckendorf               Silena Beauregard              Thalia Grace
The Gray Sisters                    Chiron and his siblings, the Party Ponies
Dionysus, the god of wine           
Hermes, the god of messengers, thieves, and all others who use the roads

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Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief

Hey guys! I just want to introduce you to one of my favourite sequel of stories, Percy Jackson.

I know these books have been out for a long time but for those who never read this, you do not know what you are missing !!

I did a few surveys among my friends, and they said that these books are worth reading. 

Fantasy based, the author Rick Riordan will definitely make you all left agape like a stupid carp fish !

. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which charts the adventures of a modern-day twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends go on a quest to prevent an apocalyptic war between the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.

A piece of my mind: Make sure you read these books according to the sequel.

Synopsis:

It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life.

 And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother.

 As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus.

 He and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves. 

I'll keep posting the other sequels of these series!