They take a short cut to Camp, but are eventually caught up by the three blobs, who are nosoi. The trio start driving towards Camp only to only find out they are being followed by the three shiny blobs Meg saw earlier. Percy agrees to drive Meg and Apollo to Camp Half-Blood, but he can't do much because his girlfriend, Annabeth Chase, who is currently in Boston for a family emergency, would kill him if he went on another quest. After getting cleaned up, Percy tells Apollo that no one has heard anything about him for six months, but Apollo states that he has memory gaps. Apollo and Meg get cleaned up while Percy gets the first aid kit and Sally makes snacks for them. ![]() Percy sighs and invites Meg and Apollo into his apartment.Īfter walking into the apartment, Apollo questions why Sally Jackson is so big, only to discover that she is seven-months pregnant with a baby girl. ![]() Apollo reveals that Meg is a demigod who needs to get to Camp Half-Blood, and that earlier Meg saved Apollo from being mugged on the street. Percy greets Apollo unenthusiastically, while Meg attempts to hide behind Apollo's back. They ring the buzzer and, after Lester announces that he is the god Apollo, are let into the flat. Apollo sees a Toyota with Pegasus hoof prints and is certain that this is the home of Percy. They finally reach a red bricked, five-story flat. Despite feeling humiliated, Apollo agrees to lead Meg to Percy's house, telling her that Percy will guide them to Camp Half-Blood.Īs Apollo and Meg walk to Percy's apartment, Meg claims to see 'shiny blobs' in the distance and the pair fear that the blobs are malicious spirits following them causing them both to develop an eerie feeling. Meg suddenly claims Apollo's service, binding him to her until his debt is paid. Apollo tells Meg he was hoping that Percy Jackson or another demigod would claim his service, meaning he has to do tasks for his master, and asks her to guide him to Percy's house. Apollo considers walking to the Empire State Building, but reconsiders, feeling that Zeus wouldn't have made it that easy for him to reclaim his godhood. She seems to be unsurprised by the fact that she is a demigod and that Apollo is a god, appearing unfazed by the situation. He is saved by Meg McCaffrey, daughter of Demeter, who pelts Cade and Mikey with several rotted fruits. Cade and Mikey 'stomp' Apollo, leaving him badly injured.Īpollo discovers that he no longer has golden ichor, but instead bleeds mortal blood. Apollo attempts to fight back using his godly powers, which doesn't work, and gets knocked back to the ground. They demand he gives them his wallet and all his money. Once he is out of the dumpster, he is confronted by two thugs- Cade and Mikey-who say they were sent by their boss. Apollo is disgusted, but reassures himself, thinking that he must have retained some of his godly abilities. After checking his wallet, he sees a New York State junior driver’s license and learns that he is now a curly-haired, flabby sixteen year-old human whose name is Lester Papadopoulos. All he remembers is that his father, Zeus, is enraged at him for succumbing to vanity and flattery by his legacy, Octavian, thus fueling the Second Giant War he has been punished by being turned into a mortal. The Harvard Book Store organized a launch event, which was attended by Riordan.Īpollo (left) and Lester Papadopoulos (right)Īpollo, the Greek god of archery, poetry, and healing (among others), wakes up falling through the air and crash lands in a dumpster in Manhattan, having little to no memory of what happened to him. Three trailers were also released on YouTube for promotion. The first chapter was released along with the collection of short stories Demigods & Magicians on April 5, 2016. ![]() ![]() On December 10, 2015, the third chapter was made available for free download by USA Today. Because Apollo is the god of poetry, the name of each chapter would be a bad haiku. He liked the concept and decided to write a series centered on Apollo's trials, while many of the characters from Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus return in the new series. Riordan had the idea to make a new series in the universe of Percy Jackson after he wrote Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, when he discovered two myths about Zeus punishing Apollo, turning him into a mortal. While promoting The Sword of Summer in October 2015, Rick Riordan announced that he was working on a new series of five books based on Apollo, revealing the title and release date.
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