SERIES REVIEW: THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS / Rick Riordan (2013)
First Published in Daily Times / 5 Jan 2013 Reviewed by : Afrah Jamal Demigod fans who bade farewell to Percy – (son of Poseidon) & the Olympian franchise a few years ago must have wondered what the writer was up to as they came across a ‘final’ Prophesy conveniently left unresolved at the end of the saga. ‘ The Last Olympian ’ concluded the five part series wrapping up Percy Jackson & his merry band of demi-gods' extended arc with a high-octane finale and an emotional send-off. Though Rick Riordan had moved on to explore Egypt in ‘ The Kane Chronicles ’, he wasn’t done with Olympus, its ever shifting centre of power or its hoity-toity god population for that matter. The cryptic warning heard in the final pages is used to establish the credentials of this spin-off. The gods return in the ‘ Heroes of Olympus ’ series - distant as ever and in Roman form heralding a brand new dawn with the promise of new crusades, a shiny new quest, fresh faces and an ancient th...