Friday, October 17, 2014

The Heroes Of Olympus

The Heroes of Olympus is an amazing fantasy book collection by Rick Riordan. It focuses on seven demigods who are destined to fight the evil Greek Goddess Gaia who has risen and is trying to destroy the Greek Gods by creating a fight between their
Greek and Roman Aspects.
The Prophesy describes their quest :

" Seven Demigods shall answer the call
  To Strom or fire, The World must Fall
  An oath to keep till the final Breath
  Foes Bear arms to the Doors of Death"  
 
The Following are the Summaries of the five books


1. The Lost Hero : A Roman Demigod called Jason Grace is sent to the Greek Camp Half-Blood by Greek Goddess Hera as a peace offering . He Has no memory of the previous Roman Camp. At the same time Percy Jackson the most powerful Greek Demigod goes missing three days before Jason turns up. To gain the Greek's trust, Jason, along with two new Demigods Leo Valdez and Piper McLean go to rescue Hera who is trapped by the giant Poryphiron. By the end of the quest, Jason finds out who he is and remembers his old camp. He tells everyone that Percy is Probably in the Roman Camp.

2. The Son of Neptune : Percy Finds himself in San Francisco. Battling demons he manages to get himself to the Roman Camp - Jupiter. He is wiped of his memory but remembers only one name from his past - Annabeth. He manages to gain the Romans' trust when he goes on a quest to free the God of Death Thanatos in Alaska and at the same time bring back the eagle lost by the fifth cohert along with Frank Zhang and Hazel Lavesque. By drinking Gorgon's Blood in a gamble, He manages to get his memory back.

3. The Mark of Athena : Seven demigods Leo Valdez (Greek) , Piper McLean (Greek) , Frank Zhang (Roman) , Hazel Lévesque (Roman) , Jason Grace (Roman/Greek) , Percy Jackson (Greek/Roman) and Annabeth Chase (Greek) go to Italy in a flying Ship Argo II built by Leo to find an old Greek statue of Athena to restore peace between the Romans and the Greeks and rescue Nico di Angelo from the Giants Otis and Ephialtes. In Doing so , Annabeth recovers the statue but opens a crevase to the Tartarus and she along with Percy Falls into . Percy Makes Nico Promise that he would take the others to the Doors of Death (other end of Tartarus) in Temple of Hades in Epirus which they would keep shut on both the sides to keep the dead from rising.

4. The House of Hades :  Percy and Annabeth find the way to the Doors of Death with the Help of titan Iapetus and Giant Damasen. They manage to close it from both the sides. The others find the way to Epirus fighting through monsters. Finally through defeating Clyitus and Pasiphae they rescue Percy and Annabeth. Leo manages to go to Ogygia to find Calypso. Reyna Nico and Coach Hedge agree to take the statue back to Camp Half-Blood.

5.The Blood of Olympus : They prepare for the final battle with Gaia. Flying through Europe , They manage to find the Physician's cure that can cure a dead person too. Reyna Nico and Hedge return the Statue back. The Gods and Demigods defeat the giants and other Monsters. Gaia wakes fully in Half-Blood. They manage to kill Gaia killing Octavian and Leo in the Process by lifting her to air which is not her domain. Bronze Dragon Festus manages to inject the Physician's cure to Leo and brings him back. He rescues Calypso from Ogygia. << Read Less

 

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