

Their conversation is interrupted by an Eidolon, who possesses Leo and forces him to attack the Roman camp. The statue can only be retrieved by the demigod children of Athena through the help of the Mark of Athena, and no one has succeeded. Camp Jupiter's praetor Reyna tells Annabeth that in order to unite Greek and Roman demigods against Gaea, they have to retrieve the Athena Parthenos, a giant statue of Athena that was stolen by the Romans from the Greeks in ancient times.

Leo, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, and Annabeth Chase, accompanied by Coach Hedge, arrive at Camp Jupiter to rendezvous with Percy Jackson and Roman demigods Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque. Six months after the events of The Lost Hero, Leo Valdez has constructed a flying trireme named Argo II, for use in the quest to Greece and Rome to stop Gaea from awakening. It has since been translated into many languages and released as a hardcover, e-book, audiobook and paperback. Criticism was focused on its slow pace, action, and different perspectives. The Mark of Athena received positive reviews from critics for its humor, characters, and mix of elements. It is preceded by The Son of Neptune and followed by The House of Hades. It was published on October 2, 2012, and is the third book in The Heroes of Olympus series, a sequel of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. The Mark of Athena is an American fantasy- adventure novel written by Rick Riordan, based on Greek and Roman mythology. There's a little more kissing in this installment - Percy and Annabeth are back together (at last!), and they get in trouble with the ship's "chaperone" Coach Hedge when they fall asleep talking after hours.Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book As in Book 2, The Son of Neptune, there are more comparisons between the Roman and Greek aspects of the gods, but in this book readers will also get a mini-tour of Rome. Rick Riordan combines plenty of action and danger (usually not gory but sometimes scary) mixed with lots of humor and learning. Parents need to know that The Mark of Athena is the third in The Heroes of Olympus series that spun off from the uber-popular Percy Jackson series about teen demigods (one Greek or Roman god parent) on quests to save humanity from ancient monsters still at large in the world. The Roman wine god Bacchus appears but drinks Diet Pepsi, and his Greek form Dionysus drinks Diet Coke.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
