Heroes of Olympus : The Lost Hero
This book is actually a continuation from another series called Percy Jackson. I myself is a huge fan of the Percy Jackson series and of course I would not miss out on this book. The reason I like this book so much is that it embarks on the adventure of young heroes and there is so much suspension as the story progresses. Greek gods are introduced from time to time, changing the situation again and again, and the impossible always seems to happen. This is exactly why it is so interesting.
The whole strory actually revolves around three characters, Jason, Piper and Leo. Jason is a hero who has lost his memory and appeared out of nowhere with his friends, Piper and Leo. As the story progresses, he discovers his identity as the son of Zeus. They are all up against a Gaia, the mother of all gods, and the mother of giants too. Gaia is rising from her slumber and planning to lead the giants to fight against the gods, to overthrow them and to destroy them forever. The giants are also rising, their powers as strong as the gods, and they are using Hera's power to rise, after they tricked her and captured her. Jason, Piper and Leo must save Hera to prevent the uprise of the giants.
The story begins with the sudden disappearance of Percy Jackson, the hero of the titan-war. Jason, Leo and Piper then heads off on a quest to stop the giants after they heard the prophecy,
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
The three meet many monsters who were rebirthed due to the uprising of Gaia, such as Medea, and the three of them discovers their power as the adventure goes on. Piper is the daughter of Aphrodite and is one of the special children who has the power of charmspeak, which allows her to convince anyone very easily. Leo is the son of Hephaestus, and is also one of the special children with fire abilities. Finally, the first great challenge they face is a giant on the top of the mountain. As the adventure progresses, Piper has to make a decision, to betray her friends and save her father, or to help her friends and to lose her father. However, after Jason and Leo learnt about it, they decided to do both, save the world and save Piper's father. The battle on the top of the mountain would decide the fate of Piper's father, and fortunately, Jason managed to defeat the giant single-handedly.
Then, Jason must head on to save Hera, and before Hera could be fully saved, the great giant rose from the ground and Jason must face him bare-handed without his sword after he lost it at the battle of Mount Othrys. Just at the point when Jason is about to lose, Hera is released from her cage and the giant escapes as its powers are still not fully developed and is unable to fight Hera. The whole adventure ends at this point and at the end of the book, the three meet up with the others at Camp Half-Blood and finally realises that there are two camps, the Greek camp and the Roman camp. Jason is actually an exchange who was originally from the Roman camp which Hera brought to the Greek camp to unite the two camps together. Soon, they realise that Hera has brought Percy, the hero of the Greek camp, to the Roman camp to unite the two camps together too. The story then ends like this, with the prophecy unfinished and the three realising that their next destination is Greece, where they would face the giants as the giants try to destroy the origin of the gods.
My favourite character in this book is Leo. Although he is not the main character of the book, he is portrayed as a essential character to help fulfil the prophecy and his positive and humerous attitude really captures my attention. His fire powers are also something which I have been dreaming to have since young and I really enjoy the way the book describes his fire powers and the way he uses them.
I am really awaiting the next book of this series, which is Heroes of Olympus : The Son of Neptune. I sincerely hope all of you would try to read up on this book, and I shall not say anymore and let the book do the fascination itself.
