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As if he didn't have enough on his plate.

NEW YORK - After stops in the ancient worlds of Egypt and Greece, Rick Riordan’s ever-traveling mind has booked a flight North.
“The Son Of Neptune,” the second of his “Heroes of Olympus” series, comes out Tuesday and already has hit No. 1 on Amazon.com. In the spring, his next “Kane Chronicles” book will be ( Read more... )

The Heroes of Olympus website has been updated with The Son of Neptune's cover, as well as a preview of the book with the first 12 pages.


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@RickRiordan:
Camp Half-Blood map now live. Click on locations for info & the campfire for a tour of the cabins!

http://rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/welcome-to-camp-half-blood/interactive-map.aspx

And don't miss Rick Riordan Virtually Live on Tuesday 2nd November at 2pm!

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Have you enjoyed returning to the world of Percy Jackson and how do your three new main characters shape up to Percy, Annabeth and Grover?

Jason, Leo and Piper share the story more. You are inside each of their heads through the course of the book, so I think readers will ( Read more... )

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To celebrate Percy's birthday, Rick tweeted this (click on it):

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Recently I spoke to a group of fourth graders about my career as a journalist and book reviewer. We discussed lots of favorite authors -- theirs and mine -- but none caused the class to go into a state of communal frenzy like Rick Riordan, the author of the wildly popular Percy Jackson series of books. All of these kids had read the series and all ( Read more... )

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