Rick Riordan is an American author known for his young adult fiction, particularly in the fantasy genre. He is best known for the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series, which includes "The Lightning Thief," "The Sea of Monsters," "The Titan's Curse," "The Battle of the Labyrinth," and "The Last Olympian," as well as "The Lost Hero," part of the subsequent Heroes of Olympus series. His works often blend mythology with contemporary themes, appealing to a wide audience.
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Thrust into a world of mythological monsters and divine treachery, an ordinary boy discovers he's the son of Poseidon and must embark on a perilous quest across modern America to prevent an Olympian war.
Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, must brave the treacherous Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save his demigod sanctuary before it's lost forever.
Percy Jackson navigates a dangerous, monster-filled labyrinth that changes with its creator's thoughts to stop Kronos's army from invading Camp Half-Blood and releasing an ancient evil.
As the son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson must lead a perilous quest to rescue a goddess and his missing friend, Annabeth, all while facing a monstrous prophecy that warns not all of his demigod companions will return alive.
As Kronos's army attacks an unguarded Mount Olympus in New York City, Percy Jackson must gather young demigods to defend Western civilization. He also faces the chance that his own fate might lead to its destruction.
Three ordinary teens—a demigod with no memory, a daughter of Aphrodite with charmspeak, and a son of Hephaestus with fire powers—go on a quest to rescue a kidnapped goddess and uncover their intertwined destinies among ancient prophecies and awakening monsters.
As war brews between Greek and Roman demigods, Annabeth Chase reunites with Percy, deciphers her mother's command, and leads the quest to close the Doors of Death, all while fearing how six months apart changed the boy she loves.
A memory-addled Percy Jackson, a resurrected girl with a cursed past, and a shapeshifting son of Mars must unite their fractured powers at a Roman demigod camp to prevent the awakening of an ancient evil that threatens to swallow the world.
Separated siblings, a brilliant Egyptologist father, and a Christmas Eve visit to the British Museum spiral into a globe-trotting quest to stop the awakening Egyptian gods and rescue their dad from the clutches of Set.
Percy and Annabeth battle starvation and monsters in Tartarus. Their demigod friends on the surface must find the House of Hades and reopen the Doors of Death before Gaea starts a world war.
With the world hanging in the balance, demigods haunted by their pasts must confront their deepest fears and make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent a war between two ancient camps and defeat the awakening Earth Mother.
With the world on the edge of chaos, teenage magicians Carter and Sadie Kane must bring back the ancient, senile sun god Ra by finding his lost spell book, all while escaping a monstrous serpent set on destroying the world.
After dying heroically and being whisked away to a Norse afterlife, a sarcastic teenage Magnus Chase must embrace his demigod heritage to prevent Ragnarok, even if it means teaming up with a talking sword and a motley crew of mythological misfits.
With the chaos snake Apophis threatening eternal darkness, Carter and Sadie Kane must unite squabbling gods and magicians, and bargain with a murderous ghost, to uncover an ancient spell that can weaponize the serpent's own shadow before the world plunges into oblivion.
Stripped of his divinity and thrust into the vulnerable body of a teenager, the narcissistic god Apollo must navigate the perils of mortal life, evade ancient enemies, and somehow reclaim his Olympian power, all while trying not to get killed by a toaster.
Orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill are thrust into a global scavenger hunt against their cutthroat relatives, deciphering cryptic clues to a world-altering fortune hidden by their powerful ancestors, all while readers can join the chase online.
Stripped of his godhood and trapped in a mortal body, Apollo must navigate Indianapolis, evade a Roman emperor, and rescue his demigod master from a sinister stepfather, all while dealing with his weaknesses and the constant threat of death.
Magnus Chase, a demigod son of Frey, must overcome his non-combative nature and outwit the trickster god Loki to prevent Ragnarok by racing across Norse realms to stop the Ship of the Dead.
A young demigod discovers his Olympian heritage and goes on dangerous quests, fighting mythological monsters and stopping divine wars while dealing with adolescence and ancient prophecies.
Apollo, now the mortal Lester, must go through the Labyrinth with a demigod and a satyr to face a Roman emperor and an Oracle, all to save Camp Jupiter.
After their Egyptologist father releases ancient gods at the British Museum, two separated siblings find out they have magic and must fight mythical creatures and gods to save the world, while also dealing with their complicated family history.
