Book Review: The Lost Hero

Read November 18, 2010
          The book I just read, The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan, is a continuation of the Percy Jackson series and has the same high energy.  The main characters are new though, and their names are Jason Grace, son of Jupiter, Piper MacLean, daughter of Aphrodite, and Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus.  Jason, Piper and Leo are classmates who, while on a field trip to the Grand Canyon, are attacked by Venti.  Venti are an evil species otherwise known as Storm Spirits.  Luckily, they are able to ward off their attackers and soon after, two Pegasus Riders arrive and bring them to Camp Half Blood.  At camp Half-Blood, they are sent on an important quest to find the kidnapped queen of the gods, Hera.  If they don’t rescue her before the end of the winter solstice the King of the Giants will rise and that will be very, very bad.  But, for Jason the stakes are even higher, because Hera has taken his memories and he must save her to get them back.

 This is a really good book and it’s first in Rick Riordan’s new series, The Heroes of Olympus.  This is another great thriller for mythology lovers and I highly recommend it.