The original heroes from The Lightning Thief are reunited for their biggest challenge yet: getting Percy to college when the gods are standing in his way.An instant New York Times #1 best-seller!After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year. Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him. Percy will have to fulfill three quests in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus for college. The first quest is to help Zeus’s cup-bearer retrieve his goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. Can Percy, Grover, and Annabeth find it in time? Readers new to Percy Jackson and fans who have been awaiting this reunion for more than a decade will delight equally in this latest hilarious take on Greek mythology.A YALSA 2024 Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
Rick Riordan (he/him), dubbed “storyteller of the gods” byPublishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Follow him on Twitter at @RickRiordan.Author Residence: Boston, MA
THE TRIO IS BACK in this first new Percy adventure since THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS was published in 2014. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover haven’t been on a quest together since THE LIGHTNING THIEF.
MORE LAUGHS, DANGER, MONSTERS, AND GODS in a story told from Percy’s point of view, in a return to the format of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Fans have been asking for this for more than ten years.
PERCY AND ANNABETH ARE SENIORS! Fans who grew up on the series will love seeing their favorite characters in another stage of life, but readers need not have any prior knowledge of Percy Jackson or his previous adventures.
TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH DISNEY+ SERIES based on THE LIGHTNING THIEF, tentatively scheduled for 2024, but the book stands on its own without the show
MEGA-BESTSELLING AUTHOR of five #1 New York Times series with over 180 million books in print throughout the world
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY AMAZON
Praise for The Lightning Thief"Packed with humorous allusions to Greek mythology . . . along with rip-snorting action sequences, [this] book really shines." —Horn Book"Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats." —New York Times Book Review*"A riotously-paced quest tale of heroism." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)*"An adventure quest with a hip edge." —School Library Journal (starred review)