American author Rick Riordan’s The Blood of Olympus is the final installment of his five-part The Heroes of Olympus Series. The young adult novel was released in 2014 and tells of the final exploits of the seven demigods of the Prophecy of Seven in their quest to defeat Gaea, the Earth Mother. The seven are: Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque, and Frank Zhang. Meanwhile, Nico di Angelo, Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano, and Coach Gleeson Hedge are trying to bring the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood to head off a war between Roman and Greek demigods.
As the story opens Jason, Piper, and Annabeth are trying to find out Gaea’s plans. At the end of book four in the series, Gaea awakened while the heroes took the Athena …show more content…
The three demigods summon Juno, who tells them to find Nike at Olympia along with Artemis and Apollo, all of whom were banished by Zeus. While at Olympia, Percy, Leo, Hazel, and Frank are forced to be part of the deadly Olympic Games of Nike, whom they are able to capture. She tells them that one of them is fated to die; they need the “Physician’s Cure” for which there is three ingredients: Pylosian mint, the heartbeat of the chained god, and the curse of Delos. Frank obtains Pylosian mint from relatives. They believe the chained god to be Ares because of a chained statue of him the Spartans had as a guarantee that they would win all wars. Piper and Annabeth go to the temple of Ares in the ruins of Sparta to battle for the second ingredient. Further adventures lead to Leo, Frank, and Hazel meeting with Artemis and Apollo at Delos. Apollo gives them the third ingredient. He tells them that his son Asclepius can make the cure and that he is at Epidaurus. When they leave, Leo tells Hazel that he plans to sacrifice himself in order to beat Gaea and give himself the cure
As the story opens Jason, Piper, and Annabeth are trying to find out Gaea’s plans. At the end of book four in the series, Gaea awakened while the heroes took the Athena …show more content…
The three demigods summon Juno, who tells them to find Nike at Olympia along with Artemis and Apollo, all of whom were banished by Zeus. While at Olympia, Percy, Leo, Hazel, and Frank are forced to be part of the deadly Olympic Games of Nike, whom they are able to capture. She tells them that one of them is fated to die; they need the “Physician’s Cure” for which there is three ingredients: Pylosian mint, the heartbeat of the chained god, and the curse of Delos. Frank obtains Pylosian mint from relatives. They believe the chained god to be Ares because of a chained statue of him the Spartans had as a guarantee that they would win all wars. Piper and Annabeth go to the temple of Ares in the ruins of Sparta to battle for the second ingredient. Further adventures lead to Leo, Frank, and Hazel meeting with Artemis and Apollo at Delos. Apollo gives them the third ingredient. He tells them that his son Asclepius can make the cure and that he is at Epidaurus. When they leave, Leo tells Hazel that he plans to sacrifice himself in order to beat Gaea and give himself the cure