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  • Published: 16 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241627709
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $18.99

From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star (The Nico Di Angelo Adventures)




The new Percy Jackson World novel featuring fan-favourite characters, Nico and Will - now in paperback!

From New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a new standalone adventure featuring two of the most popular characters from the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

ONE PROPHECY. TWO DEMIGODS. A HEROIC QUEST.

Nico di Angelo is pretty familiar with the realms of death, being the son of Hades and all. So when a desperate voice starts plaguing his dreams, Nico is convinced it's coming from the Underworld and belongs to an old friend - a reformed Titan called Bob. Then an ominous prophecy leaves Nico in no doubt - Bob needs his help and Nico must rescue him.
Of course Nico's boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo (the god of light) insists on joining the quest too. But can will even survive in the darkest part of the world? And what does the prophecy mean when it says that Nico will have to leave something of equal value behind?

As Nico faces demons both internal and external, his relationship with Will is tested to its very core. Can love find its way, even through the depths of hell?

  • Published: 16 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241627709
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $18.99

About the authors

Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is a teacher and a writer, and has won many awards for his mystery novels for adults. He says that the idea for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief first came to him while he was teaching Greek mythology at middle school in San Francisco. But rumour has it that Camp Half Blood actually exists, and Rick spends his summers there recording the adventures of young demigods. Some believe that, to avoid a mass panic among the mortal population, he was forced to swear on the River Styx to present Percy Jackson's story as fiction. Rick lives in Texas (apart from his summers on Half Blood Hill) with his wife and two sons.

Visit the author online rickriordan.com

Mark Oshiro

Mark Oshiro (they/them) is the author of the young adult books Anger Is a Gift, winner of the 2019 Schneider Family Book Award, and Each of Us A Desert, an NPR Best Book of 2020. Their middle grade books include The Insiders, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and You Only Live Once, David Bravo. Mark also contributed a short story to the Star Wars anthology Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View. Mark is based in Atlanta, Georgia and can be found on Twitter @MarkDoesStuff

Praise for From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star (The Nico Di Angelo Adventures)

Praise for Rick Riordan,

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This is the stuff of legends,

Guardian

Witty and inspired. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical,

The Times

A fantastic blend of myth and modern -

Eoin Colfer, author of ARTEMIS FOWL

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