The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan

I'll be honest.

I loved the Percy Jackson series.

I never had any intention of starting

this series.

But then,

over Christmas,

I found the graphic novel version 

and bought it for Ethan.

Who devoured it.

And then proceeded to ask me some questions.

Which I could not answer.

So I picked this up

to answer his questions.

So,

basically,

you could say I read this for my son!

The Percy Jackson series

ends with a prophecy:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

The Lost Hero

picks up from there.

Here we meet 3 new heroes:

Jason: who suddenly wakes up

on a field trip

sitting next to a girl who claims to be his 

girlfriend.

Piper: who has the ability to make people

give her things.

But cannot figure out why her boyfriend

has no clue who he is.

Or her.

Leo: the third wheel.

The best friend

who has the ability to make fire

out of nothing.

The three of them are carried off to

Camp Half-Blood

where they learn that Hera has been kidnapped

and they are sent on a mission to rescue her.

While the Percy Jackson series

focused on Greek mythology,

it would appear 

The Heroes of Olympus

will introduce us to Roman mythology.

Jason doesn't see himself as the 

son of Zeus,

but the son of Jupiter.

And while he sees to be the "star" of the book

Leo was the true hero

in my view.