Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Last Olympian

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The Last Olympian, written by Rick Riordan, is the last book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. In this book, Percy finally has to face his fate and fight the malevolent titan, Lord Kronos. Percy’s prophecy states that he must save Olympus with the other demigods before it and the gods are destroyed. The demigods are in need of help from the gods, but they have a conflict of their own. Saving Olympus seems like a heavy burden on the heroes, but the brutes in the Titan Army will soon learn not to underestimate Percy Jackson.
In the whole series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the way Riordan writes his characters is very unpredictable. Main characters like,

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