Books like the mark of athena series#

All Rick Riordan’s books are really good, I haven’t recommended this one because it’s not my favourite, but you do need to read it to know what is going on.

What’s the first book in the entire series?

Books like the mark of athena series#

Then there’s the Magnus Chase series, which is three books, and is about Norse mythology, and the Kane Chronicles, which is another series of three books, which is about Egyptian mythology. In the second series, they find out that in addition to their camp, in Long Island, there’s a camp in California, in the Berkeley Hills, which is a camp that supports the Roman aspects (‘aspect’ is their personality when they change into Romans). In the second series the main enemies are the giants and Gaia. In the first series, the main enemy is Kronos and the other Titans. Trials of Apollo (5 books: the fifth one is coming out today!) Percy Jackson and the Olympians (there are 5 books in this series)ģ. OK, I am getting a bit confused between all the series.ġ. There are also differences: for example, the Roman form of Minerva (Athena) is not so much a god of war, that attribute goes more to Mars, Bellona and Mithras. There are also tons of Gods that are completely Roman, there is no Greek equivalent. Roman gods are more disciplined, scarier, and more warlike than their Greek versions.

So, in that series, you learn about the Roman myths. In the Heroes of Olympus series, which starts with The Lost Hero, the main protagonist, Percy Jackson, doesn’t appear in the first book, but it’s later revealed there are also Roman demigods who support the Roman way of life. So in that series you learn about Norse mythology, for example that the Norse universe has nine realms. In the Norse series, the main character, Magnus Chase, actually dies in the first book and goes to Hotel Valhalla, where people go if they die with a weapon in their hand or courageously. For example, I learned that the Roman name for Hecate-the Greek goddess of magic, crossroads and torches (I’d already heard about her in Mythos by Stephen Fry)-is Trivia. So, you learn a lot about Greek mythology, about plague spirits, the names of creatures. For example, when he talks about Iris he says that she is the goddess of the rainbow. If you know the 12 major Olympians you’re pretty much set, because everything else is explained in the books. So how interesting would these books be, if you didn’t already know a lot about Greek or other myths? One thing I really like is the concept of adding myths to the modern world and how he integrates the Greek and Roman myths, the Norse myths and the Egyptian myths. It’s got that Harry Potter-type feel because it’s about kids-ranging up to age 18-in one place, a summer camp in Long Island (for the Percy Jackson series). Can you tell me what kind of books he’s writing, that have got you so hooked? You’ve been obsessively reading books by Rick Riordan recently, I think you’ve read nearly 20 so far and you’ve been counting down the days till today, when a new one is published.

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