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Note: The paperback edition features a new short story, The Staff of Serapis. Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. What if he’s now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side. What more does Athena want from her?Īnnabeth’s biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find-and close- the Doors of Death. If you missed the interview, you can read it here. It was revealed yesterday in Publishers Weekly. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. The Mark of Athena cover revealed Rick Riordan JThe Mark of Athena cover revealed Well, John Rocco has done it again Above is his fabulous cover art for The Mark of Athena. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.Īnd that’s only one of her worries. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo’s fantastical creation doesn’t appear friendly. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. Just when she’s about to be reunited with Percy-after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera-it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. It’s also the #1 children’s book in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Annabeth is terrified.

#Rick riordan books the mark of athena series#

The book has been #1 on the New York Times series list, the Wall Street Journal list, and the USA Today list for two weeks, now. It was great fun! Thanks to all my readers for making The Mark of Athena such a smashing success. **** END SPOILER ALERT*****Īnd so, back to writing! Thank you again to everyone who came to an event for the tour. You WILL find out what is happening to them in the next book. The one thing I can promise regarding The House of Hades ***SPOILER ALERT**** At the end of Mark of Athena, Nico senses that Percy and Annabeth are still alive, despite the incredible danger they are in. Having said that, yes, I am trying to limit my time doing other things, so if you don’t see a lot of new blog entries, that’s why!

I’ve learned the hard way that if I treat writing like a nine-to-five job and sit at my computer for hours on end, my productivity and quality don’t increase. I tend to write in a ‘hit and run’ fashion. Yeah, well, I do have to take breaks from time to time for, you know, eating and sleeping and stuff. Why are you taking time to write a blog entry? Get back to writing House of Hades!!Ī. Unfortunately, Kronos the god of time is not a friend of mine. I want to go forward in time and pull the next book out of fall 2013.Ī: Gosh, me too. It takes that long to figure out the release date, promote the book, design the cover, edit the manuscript, talk to the booksellers, format the e-book in all the different versions and of course print and ship the physical books. It’s better to take my time and write a good book than the rush out a bad book, I think! Besides, the publisher wouldn’t ever release the books of one series in a time span shorter than a year.

If I tried to speed up the process, the book wouldn’t be any good.

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It is possible (though exhausting) to work on two series at once, but each book still takes a full year to create. No, even when I was writing two books a year, I’d be planning and researching one while revising the other. Why can’t you speed it up? You were writing Kane Chronicles and now you’re not, so can’t you release the new book in six months?Ī. Sadly, each book takes a full year to write. Why can’t I have the next book NOW? I NEED IT!Ī. Of course I’ve gotten a lot of questions since readers started finishing The Mark of Athena. That will make sense to you when you get the next book. It’s the natural break point that leads into The House of Hades. I know Mark of Athena left you with a literal cliffhanger, and no, I didn’t do that just to mess with you, but the story needed to end there. What can I tell you about it? Pretty much nothing! It’s way too soon. And now I’m back home, writing furiously on Heroes of Olympus, book four: The House of Hades.