Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan J FIC RIORDAN

Percy Jackson may have thought that his time of quests was over after with the end of The Last Olympian (fifth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series), but there is a new quest and new enemy to take on. This time, though, there will be demigods from another camp (Camp Jupiter), and these demigods are the children of the Roman gods and goddesses. The first book in the series, The Lost Hero, starts with a new demigod character, Jason Grace, who finds himself on a bus with the "Wilderness School" (which he does not remember joining), holding hands with a girl (Piper) he has no memory of. Piper and Leo are also members of the "Wilderness School," but they know something is up when they are all attacked at the Grand Canyon. Then they all end up at Camp Half-Blood and learn some very interesting things about who they are and what will need to happen in the future. They also learn that the gods are in chaos and are unable to give assistance or guidance to their children. You will also get to see some familiar faces in the first story (Annabeth and some other favorites at Camp Half-Blood). However, Percy does not appear until the second story, The Son of Neptune (guess who this is). Percy, like Jason, wakes up with no memory of who he is or where he came (though strangely he remembers a person named Annabeth). Percy ends up in Camp Jupiter, a camp for Roman demigods. There he meets Hazel (a demigod daughter of Pluto who had managed to come back from the Underworld for a second chance at life and to change her circumstances) and Frank (who was always told by his grandmother that he was descended from great heroes but with his klutziness, he does not quite believe her and who has a big secret he is hiding). There is a quest for seven demigods, and by the third book, The Mark of Athena, we have all seven of them together (Leo, Annabeth, Percy, Jason, Piper, Frank, and Hazel). These seven will have to travel to Rome (a very, very dangerous place for demigods) and face all of the monsters and other nasty things that Gaia (the Earth goddess, who is slowly awakening) is ready to  throw in their path. There is also the quest of the Mark of Athena (which falls on Annabeth's shoulders), where the outcome could be what brings the two camps together to fight the threat that the world is facing (or tear them apart forever). The big issue I have with this series is that there is a not a very good description of how the Roman gods differ from the Greek. When I was in school, we only learned the Roman name of the Greek gods or goddesses and not much else about them. There is also no explanation of the Roman legionnaire and what was expected of them. I recommend reading up on these two subjects, so that you have a better grasp on terms and ideas that he is using within the books. Otherwise, these books are full of action and adventure (and quite a bit more romance this time). The next book, The House of Hades, is going to be coming out in October.