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| Writer | Rick Riordan |
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| Cover artist | John Rocco |
| Country | United States |
| Serial | The Trials of Apollo (book 3) |
| Genre | Fantasy, Greek and Roman mythology, Young adult |
| Publisher | Disney Hyperion |
| Publication date | May 1, 2018 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, eastward-book |
| Pages | 448 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-1-4847-4643-ane |
| Preceded past | The Dark Prophecy |
| Followed by | The Tyrant'due south Tomb |
The Burning Maze is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was published on May 1, 2018, and is the third volume in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
The story follows the Greek god Apollo, turned into a human teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, in his quest to gratis five oracles of Ancient Greece from Triumvirate Holdings, a group of 3 evil Roman Emperors, in club to regain his immortality. Joined by the demigod 1000000 McCaffrey and the satyr Grover Underwood, Apollo goes to the Labyrinth in search of the Oracle of Erythraea, the next Oracle to be rescued.
The novel was published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and large-impress editions and the embrace was illustrated past John Rocco. The Burning Maze received positive reviews from critics, who praised Apollo's narration and the book'southward humour. It was a bestseller on Amazon.
Plot summary [edit]
The story begins a few days after the events of the previous book, "The Dark Prophecy". Apollo, in the body of the 16-year-old Lester Papadopoulos, ventures through the Labyrinth with 12-year-old Meg McCaffrey and the satyr, Grover Underwood in a bid to find the third emperor of the Triumvirate Holdings. Every bit the trio face a continuous assault of strigae, Grover unleashes the cry of Pan, the lost god of the wild, and brings them to Aeithales, which is subsequently revealed to be Meg'due south former home. Mellie, the wife of the satyr Hedge, asks Apollo and Grover to go and check upwardly on Hedge, who is in an army surplus store nearby. The duo goes there, just to face Naevius Sutorius Macro. They escape, when seemingly, a horse, comes and contacts somebody. They head back, and Apollo reveals that the horse is Incitatus, and the third emperor is Caligula, the most feared and bloodthirsty Roman emperor, famous for his murderous reign and insanity. Apollo and Meg along with Piper face Medea in the Labyrinth and defeat her with a poison dart and decide to steal Caligula 'due south shoes.
Mellie reveals that Jason Grace and Piper McLean had gone into the Labyrinth. Apollo and Meg selection upward Piper, who is moving away to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Jason, who is at school and occasionally has fights with monsters disguised as teachers. Jason secretly tells Apollo that he had met with Herophile, the sibyl inside the Labyrinth, who told him that when the next fourth dimension the duo comes, one of them volition die. Fearing Piper's demise, Jason keeps this to himself.
Apollo, 1000000, Jason, and Piper sneak into Caligula's ship to steal his shoes, which are a priority according to the Dark Prophecy. All of them are captured by Pandai, loyal servants to Caligula. They escape with the help of Crest, a young Pandai and Apollo find the shoes, but and so they are captured by Incitatus the righthand horse of Caligula. Jason engages Caligula in a ane-sided battle to buy time, only to be stabbed twice by Caligula s spear and kicked by Incitatus. Jason calls his venti (air spirit) earlier dying, helping the others escape. Upon reaching Piper's abode in Malibu, Piper blames Apollo every bit the reason for Jason'south death. Caligula meanwhile sails Northward to Camp Jupiter.
Apollo, Meg, Grover, and Crest enter the Labyrinth and are faced with riddles that seemingly lead to Herophile's prison. All the same, Apollo gives the wrong answer to one of them. Facing certain death, Apollo decides to find the cause of the flames that have been engulfing the southern lands for a long time and discovers the dead but still burning trunk of Helios, the lost former god of the dominicus being used past Medea, a witch whom they had a short run-in with, and Apollo promises to exact revenge for Helios.
The trio reaches the Herophile and is faced with another prophecy. They leave with the help of Meliai, ash-tree spirits Meg had earlier planted. They impale Medea and, Incitatus but lose Crest'due south life. Apollo and Meg entrust Aiethales's safety with the Melai and continue their journeys. Piper moves away, Jason's body is given to Apollo for burial at Campsite Jupiter, and Leo takes Hedge, Mellie, and Piper to Oklahoma.
Characters [edit]
- Apollo / Lester Papadopoulos – one of the Twelve Olympians, Apollo was cast down from Olympus and turned into a human being named Lester by Zeus after the war confronting Gaea in The Blood of Olympus. Similar Lester, he has to free the v Oracles that have gone nighttime, the Sibyl Herophile being i of them. Caligula requires his essence (along with that of Helios) to brand himself a sun god.
- Meg McCaffrey – a 12-year-old girl of Demeter.
- Grover Underwood – Satyr, Lord of the Wild.
- Piper McLean – Daughter of Aphrodite with the rare gift of charm speak.
- Jason Grace – The demigod son of Jupiter, the Roman aspect of Zeus.
- Caligula – The chief antagonist. He is a legacy of Apollo and a Roman Emperor, infamous for his tyranny and insanity. Alongside Nero and Commodus, Caligula has influenced many events in history through Triumvirate Holdings.
- Medea: A Roman sorceress who decides to aid Caligula to go the new sun god.
Release [edit]
The Called-for Maze was showtime published past Disney-Hyperion equally a hardcover in the United States on May ane, 2018, with cover analogy past John Rocco.[1] Ebook and audiobook editions were released the same day.[two] [3] The audiobook is read by histrion Robbie Daymond and published by Listening Library.[2]
The Called-for Maze had a starting time press of nearly ii million copies.[4] It sold more than 52,000 copies during the first week.[5] Upon release, the volume debuted at No. one on the Publishers Weekly Children's Frontlist Fiction bestseller list[five] and No. 3 on the overall list (remaining there for two weeks).[6] [7] The hardcover edition debuted at No. 1 on Amazon's Teen & Young Adult Greek & Roman Myths & Legends bestseller list[8] and the Kindle ebook at No. 1 on the Teen & Young Developed Sword & Sorcery Fantasy eBooks list.[9] The next week, the book was the 6th sold among fiction novels on Amazon.[10] It debuted at No. 5 on the U.s. Today bestseller list.[11] On The Wall Street Journal fiction bestseller listing, the book debuted at No. ii.[12] In the first week of release, The Trials of Apollo series was No. 2 on The New York Times bestseller list.[thirteen]
In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations, English language-language editions in hardcover were too released May 1 by Puffin Books with encompass art by Ben Hughes.[14] The Puffin edition too included a Percy Jackson short story.[fifteen] Although many non-English editions used John Rocco'southward cover art, a few have unique covers by other illustrators.[3] Additionally, Barnes & Noble released a special edition exclusive to its customers, which also included a removable puzzle collection.[16] Another edition was also released, which included Riordan's autograph, a frontispiece, endpapers, and slipcase.[17]
The book is recommended for 12-14-year-olds on Disney'southward website.[18]
Sequel [edit]
The sequel, The Tyrant's Tomb, was released on September 24, 2019.[19]
As well there is The Tower Of Nero, that was released in 2020
See also [edit]
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Children and Young Adult Literature portal
References [edit]
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- ^ a b "The Burning Maze".
- ^ a b "Editions of The Burning Maze past Rick Riordan". world wide web.goodreads.com.
- ^ "The On-Sale Calendar: May 2018 Children'due south Books".
- ^ a b "Children'southward Frontlist Fiction". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on eleven May 2018. Retrieved nineteen January 2021.
- ^ "Pinnacle x OVERALL". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "This Week's Bestsellers: May fourteen, 2018".
- ^ "The Trials of Apollo Volume Three The Burning Maze". Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
- ^ "The Trials of Apollo, Book Three: The Burning Maze Kindle Edition". Archived from the original on vii May 2018.
- ^ "Amazon Charts Top twenty Books". Amazon.com.
- ^ "Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze". Archived from the original on 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Wall Street Periodical – All-time Sellers". Associated Printing. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Children's Serial Books - All-time Sellers - The New York Times".
- ^ "The Called-for Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3) past Rick Riordan". www.penguin.co.united kingdom.
- ^ "Out at present! Percy Jackson: The Burning Maze, third title in Rick Riordan'due south The Trials of Apollo series".
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "The Burning Maze (B&N Sectional Edition) (The Trials of Apollo Series #3)". Barnes & Noble.
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "The Burning Maze (Special Express Edition) (The Trials of Apollo Series #3)". Barnes & Noble.
- ^ "The Burning Maze - Disney Books - Disney Publishing Worldwide".
- ^ "The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo #iv)". Goodreads. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
External links [edit]
- The Burning Maze at Read Riordan
- Rick Riordan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_Maze
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