Trials of Apollo, Book Three: The Burning Maze

Friends both familiar and new will emerge in The Burning Maze, Book Three of the New York Times #1 best-selling Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan.

Rick Riordan is considered the ''storyteller of the gods'' because of his five #1 New York Times best-selling series based on mythology. A continuation of the Percy Jackson saga, Trials of Apollo also stands alone as a new take on Greek and Roman mythology from the point of view of a fallen god. It also brings back beloved demigod characters from the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series, introduces new demigods, plus villains based on Roman emperors.

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos.

In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad.

With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter.

While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor—and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles—somewhere in the American Southwest.

There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide along the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon...

• Written by Rick Riordan
• Hardcover
• 384 pages
• Ages 10-14

• Published by Hyperion Books for Children
• Paper
• Approx. 8 5/8'' H x 6'' W
• Printed in U.S.A.

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