but they are repelled by Piper's charmspeak. Gaea sends Eidolons to possess Percy and Jason in Kansas. Then, the group heads to Kansas, where Percy, Jason, and Piper disembark to find Bacchus, who tells them that they should find Phorcys. While there, Leo meets Nemesis, who gives him a fortune cookie that will help him if he breaks it, though doing so has consequences. The seven demigods escape Camp Jupiter and briefly land near the Great Salt Lake. This causes the paranoid augur, Octavian, to convince the Romans that the Greeks are a threat and have to be destroyed. Their conversation is interrupted by an Eidolon, who possesses Leo and forces him to attack the Roman camp. The statue can only be retrieved by the demigod children of Athena through the help of the Mark of Athena, and no one has succeeded. Camp Jupiter's praetor Reyna tells Annabeth that in order to unite Greek and Roman demigods against Gaea, they have to retrieve the Athena Parthenos, a giant statue of Athena that was stolen by the Romans from the Greeks in ancient times. He, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, and Annabeth Chase, accompanied by Coach Hedge, arrive at Camp Jupiter to rendezvous with Percy Jackson and Roman demigods Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque. When she's not working, Nilah is watching movies, growing herbs, roller-skating, and fighting her cat for control of her desk chair.Six months after the events of The Lost Hero, Leo Valdez has constructed a flying trireme named Argo II, for use in the quest to Greece and Rome to stop Gaea from awakening. She has published short fiction in the anthology All Out, in Fireside magazine, and for Marvel Comics.
Nilah is the author-illustrator of M.L.K., a middle grade graphic novel that won the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, and How to Find a Fox, a picture book.
She also illustrates children's books, including the Dactyl Hill Squad series by Daniel Jose Older. She has written and storyboarded for studios such as Disney and DreamWorks.
From her early days she developed an eternal love for three things: nature, books, and animation. Follow him on Twitter at Magruder is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes. Rick Riordan, dubbed "storyteller of the gods" by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. The accessible and dramatic cover art by graphic novelist Nilah Magruder will attract a new generation of fans.
What exactly are the Doors of Death? Much of the prophecy remains a mystery.With old friends and new friends joining forces, a marvelous ship, fearsome foes, and an exotic setting, The Mark of Athena is another unforgettable adventure by master storyteller Rick Riordan. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land to find the Doors of Death. The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. But they number only six-who will complete the Prophecy of Seven? The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. Description The third book in the mega-bestselling Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan, now with fresh and exciting new cover art by graphic novelist Nilah Magruder.