The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus Book 3)

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned, You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned, You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend, And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end. You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone, You shall find what you seek and make it your own, But despair for your life entombed within stone, And fail without friends, to fly home alone. Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan's curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent's hand. You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze, The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise. You shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand, The Child of Athena's final stand. Destroy with a hero's final breath, And lose a love to worse than death. Child of Lightning, beware the earth, The giants' revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and dove shall break the cage, And death unleash, through Hera's rage. "Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die." "To the north, beyond the gods, lies the legion's crown. Falling from ice, the son of Neptune shall drown." "Wisdom's daughter walks alone, The Mark of Athena burns through Rome. Twins snuff out the angel's breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giants' bane stands gold and pale, Won through pain from a woven jail." A Half-Blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds And see the world in endless sleep The hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap A single choice shall end his days Olympus to preserve or raze Seven half-bloods shall answer the call. To storm or fire, the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Best book

This book is just beautiful, heartbreaking and shocking..... First of all I would like to mention that this is my favourite book in the series so far. From Annabeth's being in the book to the heart stomping cliffhanger in the end is enough to get you hooked until you finish it. I gotta admit that the first two books were not my all time faves especially the first one (the lost hero) but this book was just incredible. I laughed, I cried and seemed to go on the journey together with the characters just the experience that I had with the og Percy Jackson books. Annabeth's appearance was just the very thing that this series neede and we got a lot of it. From the start I was just screaming 'PERCABETH' and it was wonderful. Nico's dramatic entry after we got to know what could have happened to him in the last book I was worried but of course his entry was marvelous. The cliffhanger at the end was just too much to handle and now I can faithfully say that this was the worst cliffhanger that anyone can ever deserve. Overall a solid read and 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 book in my opinion... PS: the cover is so good omg...

Such a great book. All seven meeting first time, the awkwardness and humour 😂. Pacing is good. Book condition also excellent.

The books are original and are in good condition. Everyone should buy this book !

Good book

This is the best book in the heroes of Olympus series. It is even better than the Percy Jackson series. There are many plots and twists and turns. The cliffhanger in the end is extremely unexpected. It's a must read book.

This one is the best book in the series! Percy and Annabeth reunite and all the seven demigods meet each others. All of them build their trust upon each other and this almost impossible mission starts. Leo also get a warning from Nemisis(The goddess of revenge) she told him that he would always be the seventh wheel in the group. At the end you would definitely start crying because Percy and Annabeth falls into TARTURUS. Before falling Percy said Nico to lead the rest of the group to the house of Hades and from there close the doors of death. NIco also promised him to do so. Nico Di Angelo also said that if any demigod can survive in Tarturus that demigod is Percy, as he is the most powerful demigod he has ever met. I felt that I really am the character in this book, and I am suffering from all that. When I read the Percy Jackson Series I thought that I am Percy but now in this I feel that I am all of the seven! I understand all of them very well and when they laugh I laugh and when they cry I cry...

Reading this book was a real joy as you enter into the world of percy jackson and the greek gods along with roman too. Truly a magic bok thanks to it's great humour and easy language.

Just when you think that the series can't get any better The Mark of Athena runs in. The whole book is just like the others, adventure after adventure, action after action but this one has an underlining quality of seriousness that brings the book to a whole new level. Not saying that the other two weren't serious but with this one you feel it more. It is the middle book, the middle of the big quest and you can really feel the danger that is about to happen. I loved the fact that Annabeth and Percy were reunited, in fact I kept re-reading that scene over and over again because it was just too perfect. Plus the whole group of demigods finally meeting and starting the quest was also perfect. I simply just loved it. All in all this book screamed intense action and perfect characters. It seemed to me that everything just clicked into place and we were finally seeing the dangers of what this quest and prophecy actually holds. It was just a brilliant book in a fantastic series.

Después de ver como terminó The Son of Neptune me daba hasta miedo leer The Mark of Athena, me ENCANTÓ el reencuentro de Annabeth y Percy <3 la historia va cobrando intensidad conforme pasa las páginas y las historias individuales de los personajes son muy atrayentes, conocemos la historia de Percy y Annabeth y los amamos en los anteriores libros, pero ahora llegaron nuevos personajes que hacen que todo se complemente muy bien, Rick Riordan no decepciona nunca <3 además el libro vino en excelentes condiciones y a tiempo como siempre, bien Amazon <3

BEST book Rick Riordan has ever written!!! This volume trumps everything, it goes head on head against "The last Olympian"(final volume from the Percy-Jackson-and-the-olympians-series). Right now I'd even say "The Mark of Athena" beats it, but maybe it's still the euphoria from having just finished the book. Annabeth, Percy, Leo and Piper are taking turns narrating the story - the prophecy in this volume (already mentioned in the last one) involves a solo-mission for "the daughter of wisdom", which puts my favorite female character in the spotlight, yes!!! I also particularly love this book because it begins with the union of prophesied seven demigods - which strongly reminded me of Golden Sun II (yes you got me, every series I love has some connections with my favorite GBA game) - two heterogeneous teams finally found each other, go to save the world on a flying ship with a dragon head. Even though they had some initial bumps and misunderstandings they manage to fight as a united front. Things are obviously getting more serious but still the story hasn't lost its fun-elements. Sometimes also reminded me of a more serious version of One Piece or a fun-version of Kingdom of Hearts. This book has everything - something I probably have said often about other Riordan books, but this one does not simply offer everything but also manages to balance it perfectly (and I'm not only refering to the minor lack of more romance): - Adventure (it's a Riordan book, that's given) - humor (one word: Leo) - ROMANCE (wisdom's daughter and son of neptune/poseidon, yeah I know there are other couples too, but what more could one possibly need?!^^) And an unexpected turn of events, very dramatic, but worked out perfectly - I'd give it a sixth star for that. It's my current favorite book, I'm tempted to read it again, right now!! I absolutely adore it!!! Since it looks like I'm losing control, I think it might be good idea to take a short break from this series (omg hurts even just writing it) and catch up with "Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files", single volume - should've actually read it before I started with the series "Heroes of Olympus".

Spoilers Ahead! The mark of athena is a great book that includes Percy's reunion with Annabeth, Eidolons that can go in your body, and Annabeth's Very thrilling quest by herself! A great book that is very thrilling that sucks you in and you can never let go.