Product Description

The greatest monster of all, the storm giant Typhon, is on the loose, wreaking havoc and destruction across the U.S. - while Kronos's army lays siege to Manhattan. Soon Percy Jackson must make the hardest choice of his life - a choice that will save or destroy the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2879 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Released on: 2009-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

About the Author
Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demi-god, was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006.

Customer Reviews

terrifically entertaining end to the series
There's no doubt in my mind that RR is the US Rowling. Similar premise - gifted kid goes to special school in order to fulfil his destiny and save the world, only this is Greek gods not wizards. Percy is now 16, and about to find out whether he really will defeat Kronos, the Titan enemy of Olympus. Though really he'd just like to have his first real kiss with either Rachel or Annabeth (daughter of Athene).
Wouldn't you know it, all hell is about to break loose to stop the hormonal rush, and Riordan sweeps you off from the first page, when a pegasus lands on Percy's stepdad's car bonnet. It is huge, huge fun, and the jokes are almost as good as the battle scenes. Percy has grown emotionally from a scared boy with dyslexia and ADHD to a brave young man who even wins grudging admiration from the Lord of Death. It's his relationship with other young demi-gods, and his humility, which save the day.
So why not give it five stars? Technically, it's far slicker and smoother than Rowling. The author has done his homework about Greek myth, and is gloriously funny about transposing this onto modern America. Yet Rowling's uneven series has a real feeling of magic about it, and a depth, that is rare. It goes deeper, and is more fully-thought-out in every eccentric detail; it doesn't go for easy laughs all the time; it deals with kinds of pain that are more mature and difficult than having a vile stepfather or a dysfunctional family. All the same, I can't wait for the film.

Brilliant!
This book is brilliant! not just this one, the whole series in fact. i'm a teenage girl and i LOVE them, and so do my parents, as well as my brother and two male cousins, which proves that they really are for everyone. this book is full of action and adventure, plus Rick Riordan has a fantastic knowledge of greek mythology! i read it three times within the first two weeks of it coming out, and would highly recommend this series to anyone who can appreciate a good book!

Brilliant
this book is a must read. absoloutley excellent and its sad thats its now at an end. im really going to miss this series. 5 stars this book is definitley worth a buy