For kids who dislike snakes, watch out for the giant serpent and the pit of poisonous vipers. The violence ratchets up a little from the last book thanks to arena fighting (with tortured animals - blame Commodus), some beheadings (three simply because Commodus was bored), and lots of skirmishes with mythological creatures who cause injuries to mortals. Like in the first book, there's a lot to learn about mythology and history, especially about the Roman Emperor Commodus' reign. And, for extra credit, reading the Apollo chapter in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods helps when our "suddenly mortal and very unhappy about it" narrator Apollo recounts key moments of his godly life. The storyline picks up after the war at the end of the Heroes of Olympus, and many old favorite characters make cameos or are mentioned (yay, Leo!). It helps to read them both before digging into the Trials of Apollo series. Did you follow that? The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series came first, then the Heroes of Olympus. Parents need to know that The Dark Prophecy is the second book in a series that's a spin-off of a Percy Jackson spin-off series. Talk of girls running away from a drunken father.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Flashback to one man choking another to death.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. People, including children, are kidnapped and held prisoner two men go on a hunger strike. The mention that an elephant's partner was killed as punishment. Animals attack: a giant serpent, a pit of poisonous snakes, a swarm of bees. Some injuries that require magical healing including a broken hand and foot, bloody wounds from swords, and madness. Many skirmishes where mythological creatures get skewered by poleaxes, hit with arrows, blinded, killed in explosions, and more and then turn to dust. Heads chopped off - three of them for boring the emperor, and one brother cuts off another brother's head after he becomes trapped and crushed, all so they can't be implicated in a crime (the ghost of the headless brother is a minor character). Stopping Commodus, finding Meg, figuring out why the former Hunters dislike him, and locating the long-lost oracle in a blue and hollow cave… Apollo’s to-do list is getting longer by the moment.Arena fighting with exotic, tortured animals, cars, and an assortment of weapons causes injuries. He did drown the emperor back in the day, after all.) The emperor has big plans for Indianapolis that involve reviving games of bloodshed and death. Now he learns the identity of another member of the Triumvirate-Commodus, a bloodthirsty narcissist with a serious grudge against Apollo. Knowing she was under the control of a monster like Nero was hard to bear. As much as Meg annoyed him, he had grown to feel affection for her. She’s terrified of him-or rather, his alter superego, the Beast-and yet he coerced her back to his side in the grove. Nero, he learned to his horror, raised Meg. Apollo met one of the so-called Triumvirate, the malicious, power-hungry Nero, in the Grove of Dodona. Three Roman emperors who by all calculations should have died centuries ago are, in fact, very much alive. Why they dislike him is beyond him.Īnd then things start to get really weird… They’re met by two former Hunters of Artemis who greet Apollo with distinct chilliness. They make their escape and follow a headless orange ghost to an underground hideout called the Waystation. They’ve just collapsed Festus into suitcase form when they’re attacked by a horde of ruthlessly polite monsters called blemmyae. Leo and his new girlfriend Calypso, former immortal, are with him. Those words send him flying on Festus, Leo’s bronze dragon, to Indianapolis. The prophecy instructs him to locate a second long-forgotten oracle in “a cave blue and hollow.” He has received a prophecy-in limerick form, the worst kind-from ancient Grove of Dodona. Punch the long-lost, recently returned demigod Leo Valdez in the stomach? Check and double check.īut Apollo’s trials aren’t over. Fire a Shakespeare-spouting, plague-ridden arrow into the ear of a bronze colossus so it will sneeze its head off and die instead of attacking the camp? Check. Protect the gates of an ancient oracle? Check. Sung his way out of the den of the Myrmekes, giant killer ants? Check. Since becoming mortal as punishment for a near-world ending mistake and reaching Camp Half-Blood alive, Apollo-aka Lester Papadopoulos-has been busy.
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