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Introduction
Author – Rick Riordan
Book Name – Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth
Category – Fantasy, Fiction, and Mythology
Language – English
About the Author
His real name is Richard Russel Riordan Jr. and he was born 5th
of June 1964 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. He took Rick Riordan as his
pen name and he is known for his book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians,
which is about a teenager named Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of the Greek god Poseidon and hence making him a demigod.
About the Book
The novel begins with Percy Jackson, attending his orientation
at high school. During his orientation, he got to know that the cheerleaders at
his new schools are she-demons called espousal. Percy figured it out that Kronos
is back and he is recruiting monsters and half-bloods to battle the Olympian
gods. Percy and Annabeth returned to camp to warn the others. He learns that
Grover is in trouble and Pan, the missing god of the wild is on verge of death.
Annabeth suggested they find Pan in the Labyrinth that is
below the ground. Daedalus, the creator of Labyrinth has constructed a maze
that has dangerous illusions and traps. Annabeth decided to check in Labyrinth
and she choose Grover, Percy, and Tyson to help her. After they found the
entrance to the Labyrinth they needed Ariadne’s string to navigate the
Labyrinth. Meanwhile, Percy has been getting nightmares about Daedalus and the
Labyrinth.
Percy later got a message that Nico blames him for Zoe’s death
and seeks revenge and wants her sister’s spirit to be back in the living world.
Later when Percy with his friends reached the Labyrinth they saved Briares and
helped Nico to summon her sister’s spirit. Zoe’s spirit urges Nico to forgive
Percy. They moved forward and dispersed in two groups, Grover and Tyson decided
to search for Pan, and Annabeth and Percy entered the volcano and found
themselves surrounded by monsters.
Percy wakes up on Ogygia Island where Calypso lives, she is the
daughter of Atlas, a Titan. He remembered that he was thrown out of a volcano
because of a sudden earthquake. Annabeth and Percy then went to Manhattan to
find Rachel who is clear-sighted and can guide them in the Labyrinth.
Now, Percy has everything to battle at optimum, he has a way to
navigate inside the maze of the Labyrinth and his demigod friends. Later in the
story, he will be getting even more help and the story itself will take many
turns during this adventure in the Battle of the Labyrinth.
You’ll be getting goosebumps as the story moves forward while
taking turns. I will leave the further story to be read by you, the readers.
Review
Percy, half-mortal and half-Greek god has known his demigod
status for several years. As the son of Poseidon, the sea god and one of the
gods in the trinity of Greek gods, he’s already been on many quests in past
years to either aid or rescue gods and other demigods like him. This book is
filled with another adventure and quest with a lot of action.
This book is a little different from Titan’s Curse and a lot
different from the Sea of Monsters and the Lightning Thief. Yes, all the
previous books were beautifully written and had a good storyline with
uncountable action scenes but in this book, Rick Riordan did exceptionally
great in his storytelling. There were so many times when you think something
would happen and you would be completely wrong.
Rick does a great job adding a good plot and adding new
characters along the way that really supports the storyline. Daedalus, who was
previously introduced in this book at the beginning as an instructor to Percy
and his friends became an important character for the story and this was not
expected by anyone at the start. Rachel who was introduced as a side character
in the previous novel turned out to be a trump card for Percy in this
novel.
The closeness that was shown between Percy and Annabeth in
previous novels and which settled down in the Titan’s Curse turned out to be
love in this book and that too when they both were in the middle of a war. The
best part of the book was when Annabeth pulled Percy and kissed him and just
after that Percy summoned a tidal wave to escape death and turned the tables.
It was like this author is telling us the importance and the power of love, a
victory of love over war.
The book is embedded with so many scenes that will give you
chills, sometimes with excitement, sometimes with suspense, and sometimes with
joy. I think everyone should give it a try and feel these chills by themselves
while reading it. I will highly recommend you to read this book and I am sure
you will crave more after that.
Written By - Dewang Singh
Edited By - Anamika Malik
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