The Trials of Apollo, Book One: The Hidden Oracle
-
-
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
-
-
- $7.99
Publisher Description
How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor. But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this book, the first in Riordan's Trials of Apollo series (a spin-off of his bestselling Percy Jackson series), the god Apollo is punished by Zeus and sent to Earth in the form of a gawky teenage boy. He is forced to serve a 12-year-old demigod girl who just recently discovered her powers, faces danger from an ongoing series of mythological creatures trying to kill him, and attempts to solve the mystery of why the Oracle of Delphi has gone silent. Narrator Daymond's narration is delightful: lively and comical, he perfectly captures the lovably conceited and pompous Apollo, who is constantly being brought down a peg in his humiliating human state, and creates memorable voices for a myriad of creatures, including gurgly, raspy plague ghouls, an authoritative centaur, and a grain spirit in the form of a wailing baby. Percy Jackson fans will eagerly take to this new series, and Daymond's entertaining narration only adds to the fun. Ages 10 14. A Disney-Hyperion hardcover.
Customer Reviews
TRIALS OF APOLLO!!!📜😂😂😂
Percy Jackson was the book that opened my mind to the other books out there( I used to hate reading), and inspired me to want to become a writer myself.
I've read all of Rick Riordan's series and I LOVE them with all my heart, I'm sure this one will be great too(seriously! A god who becomes mortal will be too epicly funny to ignore).
I'm really looking up to seeing how all the other characters are doing.
I want to thank Rick Riordan for sharing his world with us, and for letting us become part of it.
Thanks Rick
Yaaaaaaay camp half blood isn't over don't hate rate
Slow Start
This book was really good, even though it had a slow start.
Apollo is SO whiny.
Nico and Will are cute together