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Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (Book 5)
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : January 2013
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780141346885
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
- Number of Pages : 416 Pages
Everyone's favorite demigod child, Percy Jackson, returns for the final epic battle to ensure the safety of Mount Olympu ...
Everyone's favorite demigod child, Percy Jackson, returns for the final epic battle to ensure the safety of Mount Olympus, in Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian. After Percy learns that he is the son of Poseidon, his world turns upside down. A prophecy states that when he reaches the age of 16, he will have to make a choice that will affect the future of Olympus.
The book opens with Percy and Beckendorf trying to destroy Kronos ship and defeat him before he reaches Olympus. Not one to be outsmarted, Kronos is in possession of Luke's body, the son of Hermes. Percy learns of the prophecy while at his father's underwater palace. to prepare for the battle, Percy dips himself in the famed River Styx. When he returns, he finds that all the residents of Manhattan have been put to sleep by Kronos, so that they do not get in the way of the battle.
Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the Heroes of Olympus series for children and the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. For fifteen years, Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award. His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre—the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus.
