ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rick Riordan
Full name: Richard Russell Rick Riordan
Born: June 5, 1964
Place of birth: San Antonio, TX

Education: Attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. He worked as an editor for the
school newspaper and won third place in state for UIL feature writing. He also got in trouble for
publishing an underground newspaper that made fun of the school, especially the losing football team.
He began college at North Texas State, but then transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. He
graduated with a double major in English and history and got certified to teach English and history
from UT San Antonio. He did his student teaching in the San Antonio Independent School District.

Childhood influences: The first book he remembered reading for fun was the Lord of the Rings. he
probably read it ten times. He also liked Greek and Norse mythology since he was in middle school. He
read mostly fantasy and science fiction in high school, then got interested in mysteries when he got to
college. His parents were both teachers. His mom was a musician and an artist, too. His dad was a
ceramicist, so he grew up in a very artistic family. He started writing when he was in middle school.
The first story he submitted for publication was when he was in 13. It wasnt published. His first
published works were two short stories in the UTSA literary magazine.

Work experience: When he was in college, he worked for three years as the music director at a
summer camp, Camp Capers. This is where he got the idea for Camp Half-Blood. His first full-time job
was teaching middle school in New Braunfels, Texas. After that, he and his wife moved to San
Francisco. They lived there for eight years and he taught at Presidio Hill School. Then they had their

two sons, Haley and Patrick, and moved back home to San Antonio. He taught at Saint Marys Hall
(English and social studies, grades 6-8) for six years, then stopped teaching to become a full-time
writer. He taught mythology almost every year that he was a teacher. It was always his favorite thing,
and the students always liked it, too.

Famous for:

Camp Half-blood Series (Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series and Heroes of Olympus
Series)
39 Clues Series
Tres Navarre Series

Published Books:

Camp Half-Blood Series :

Percy Jackson and The Olympian Series:

The Lightning Thief June 28, 2005 hardcover, March 21, 2006 paperback

The Sea of Monsters May 3, 2006

The Titan's Curse May 1, 2007

The Battle of the Labyrinth U.S.A. May 6, 2008, U.K. July 3, 2008

The Last Olympian May 5, 2009

Heroes of Olympus Series:

The Lost Hero - October 12, 2010

The Son of Neptune - September 2011

Companion books

The Demigod Files February 10, 2009

Demigods and Monsters February 10, 2009

The Ultimate Guide January 19, 2010

The 39 Clues series:

The Maze of Bones September 9, 2008

The Black Book of Buried Secrets (Introduction) October 26, 2010

Vespers Rising (Partial; Four Authors) April 1, 2011

Tres Navarre Series:

Big Red Tequila June 1997

Widower's Two-Step June 1998

The Last King of Texas January 2000

The Devil Went Down to Austin June 2001

Southtown April 2004

Mission Road June 2005

Rebel Island August 2007

KANE Chronicles:

The Red Pyramid May 4, 2010

The Throne of Fire - May 3, 2011

AWARDS:

1998 Shamus Award and Anthony Award for Big Red Tequila

1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for The Widower's Two-Step

2008 Mark Twain Award for The Lightning Thief

2009 Mark Twain Award for The Sea of Monsters

2009 Rebecca Caudill Award for The Lightning Thief

INFORMATIONS FROM:
WWW.RICKRIORDAN.COM

CHARACTERS

MAJOR CHARACTERS :
Percy Jackson ~ a Demigod and the son of Poseidon (one of the Big three) and Sally Jackson. Main
protagonist of the series. He was believed to be the prophesied hero who choose a decision that destroy
or preserve the fate of the Olympus and the gods . He have always at his side his sword, Riptide. He
lead the demigods into the Battle of Manhattan to protect The Empire State Tower ( Olympus ) from
Kronoss siege and bathe into the River Styx to become invulnerable so that he can withstand Kronos
power.

Annabeth Chase ~ a Demigod and daughter of the goddess Athena and the mortal Dr. Chase .She was
one of the companions of Percy ever since the first series (Lightning Thief). Being the daughter of
Athena, she possessed great strategic skills. She always have her Yankees baseball cap ( which can turn
someone who wears it , invisible) . She played an unexpected role in the war. She was Lukes
weakness. She became Percys girlfriend at the end of the book.
Grover Underwood ~ a Satyr. Percys best friend and protector. He made an empathy link between
him and Percy to know if Percys in danger or in need of help. He fell under Morpheuss spell that
caused him to be unconscious for three months without knowing it. He lead an army of Satyrs that
fought Kronoss army. He became the next Lord of Wilderness thus replacing the late Pan.
Tyson ~ a Cyclopes. Percys half-brother to Poseidon ( Cyclops came from Poseidon). He made the
weapons of the Olympian and Sea armies. In the Remaining chapters of the book, he led the whole
army of the Cyclopes to defeat Typhon.

Rachel Elizabeth Dare ~ a mortal who can see through The Mist (an invisible curtain that hides the
truth of the existence of the gods and monsters). She also has a secret affection for Percy .She revealed
to Percy that hes not the hero meant in the prophecy. At the end of the book she decided to be the next
bearer of the Oracles Soul.

Nico di Angelo ~ a Demigod. Son of Hades (one of the Big three) and Maria di Angelo. He convinced
Percy to bathe in River Styx. He also convinced his father to join the war and protect Olympus. He was
actually almost 70 years old but his aging delayed when he was abandoned at the Lotus Casino Hotel(
a hotel where the time was stopped preventing its visitors to age) and stayed there for 70 years without
knowing and was saved by one of Hades Furies.
Luke Castellan ~ a Demigod. Son of Hermes and May Castellan. Storys protagonist. He was the
leader of Kronoss army and the one who always attempt to kill Percy. In the first book, he became
Percys best friend but in the end , he was revealed as a traitor. He trains in his ship named Princess
Andromeda. He have his forces there. He became the host of Kronos and also bathe in River Styx to
survive the process. He was Annabeths first love before Percy had come. He had a bitter past with his
family. He was the real hero that was meant in the prophecy that would change Olympus fate with his
decision.
Kronos ~ the most powerful Titan. Storys main antagonist. He was the father of the Olympian gods.
He gathered his army and poisoned Lukes mind to serve him. He want a revenge on the gods for
overthrowing him. He was also joined by the minor gods that made him very strong. He had always at
his side his scythe.

MINOR CHARACTERS :
Chiron ~ Camp Half- Bloods Trainer . He was the one who always the train the heroes since the old
times. Hes a son of Kronos but unlike Kronos, he have a pure heart and he always help the gods
against the Titans since the first war. He hes more then 3000 years old. But hes physical features
made him look like 50 years old. He is a Centaur in Camp Half-Blood and pretends as a half- paralyzed
person when hes in the mortal world to hide his legs. He lead an army of centaurs in the Battle of
Manhattan.

Clarisse La Rue - Daughter of Ares. Silena's best friend. Head of the Ares Cabin.

Silena Beauregard - Daughter of Aphrodite. Beckendorf's girlfriend. Kronos' spy. Dies after fighting
drakon.

Thalia Grace - Huntress of Artemis. Daughter of Zeus. Percy, Annabeth and Grover's best friend.

Charles Beckendorf - Son of Hephaestus. Dies on Princess Andromeda. Silena's boyfriend.

Katie Gardner - Daughter of Demeter. Head of Demeter Cabin.

Michael Yew ~ is a son of Apollo. He later becomes the leader of his cabin following the death of Lee
Fletcher. He is presumed dead in the Second Olympian War.

Prometheus - Titan of Forethought. Diplomatic Delegation to Percy and the Demigods. Surrendered
after Kronos lost.

Hyperion - Titan of the east and lord of the light. Turns into a maple tree after Grover's spell.
12 Olympian Gods- tried to defend the whole Manhattan from Typhons great power. Poseidon joined
them later after fighting his own war under the sea and so do Hades after being convinced by Nico.

Typhon ~ is the last child of Gaea. He is also known as the "Storm Giant" or "Father of all Monsters.".
He is the most powerful foe and the biggest threat to Olympus.

VOCABULARY:

VULNERABLE ~ susceptible , weak and defenseless.

DEMIGOD ~ it is a term used for a half-blood or a child of a god within a mortal.

ORACLE ~ people that was given the gift to deliver the prophecies of Apollo

AUTOMATON ~ robot or machine that looks like a human or act like a human.

CYCLOPES ~ one eyed giants that were able to create weapons in the forges of Hephaestus.

SATYR ~ a human with the legs of a goat and hooves. They play reedpipes. They were
descendants of the god of the wild Pan.

EMPOUSAI ~ servants of Hecate that looked like beautiful women with fangs. They were
the first known vampires of the Greek mythology.

THE MIST ~ is a supernatural force that twists a mortal's sight from seeing monsters, gods,
titans, and various other mythical creatures and supernatural occurrences by replacing them
with things the mortal mind can comprehend.

HELLHOUND ~ is a massive, dog-like monster from the Underworld. Hellhounds are

feared by half-bloods except for Mrs. OLeary =).

DRAKONS ~ (not to be confused with Dragons) are giant, serpent-like creatures several
millennia older than dragons.

The Last Olympian, is a novel by Rick Riordan, published on May 6, 2009. It is

the fifth and final installment in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series . The Last
Olympian, revolves around Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, as he leads his friends into
a last stand to protect Mount Olympus and the rest of the world from Kronos and his
army of monsters.

PLOT:

Percy, and his friend Rachel drive to a ridge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There, Rachel reveals that
her father is sending her to a finishing school and that she wants Percy to go on a vacation with her.
Blackjack, Percy's Pegasus and Charles Beckendorf, a son of Hephaestus, interrupt by landing on the
hood of Paul Blofis' Prius. Beckendorf then announces that it is time for Percy and himself to take out
the Princess Andromeda, a cruise ship filled with monsters. Percy and Beckendorf sneak onto the ship
and set Greek fire explosives in the engine room. Percy leaves the room to distract the monsters on the
ship, telling Beckendorf to meet him at the air pad.
Percy is confronted by Kronos. After being defeated, Beckendorf was revealed to have just been
captured, but had tricked them by making it look like he was going towards and not away from the
engine room. He then sacrifices his life so Percy could escape from the ship. Percy then passed out in
the ocean from burns and getting touched by Kronos' scythe, which is rumored to be able to cut a
person's soul away with just one swipe.
Percy dreams as he drifts unconscious through the ocean. The vision took place on Mount Othrys
during a conversation between Krios and Hyperion. In the vision, the two Titans talk of the their plans
to destroy Mount Olympus. After the two are done talking, Percy hears Nico di Angelo's voice telling
Percy to follow his plan. As Percy comes to, he realizes that he is in Poseidon's kingdom and is being
tended to by his half-brother, Tyson. Tyson then leads Percy to Poseidon's throne room, where he meets
Poseidon's wife, Amphitrite, and Triton, his other son. Poseidon then informs Percy that he is battling
Oceanus, and that Percy must return to Camp Half-Blood to fulfill the rest of the "great prophecy."
Returning to Camp-Half-Blood, Percy and Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, retrieve the prophecy
from the Oracle and bring it before the camp's war council. Percy reads the prophecy and realizes that
regardless of the side he chose to fight for, he would die. Then Clarisse, angered because of not getting
a chariot that the Apollo Cabin had claimed, decides that her cabin and Ares will not support the war.
Percy, with the help of Chiron, then discovers that Typhon has escaped his prison, Mount St. Helens,

and is heading towards an unguarded Mount Olympus to destroy the gods' domain. Percy and the other
counselors of the camp decide they need to concentrate on defending Olympus because all of the gods
are busy battling Typhon. The night following the meeting, Percy dreams of Rachel. In his dream,
Rachel looks over two photos she has recently drawn based upon dreams she's had. The first is a picture
of Luke when he was nine years old and the second a picture of Mount Olympus surrounded by
lightning and Kronos' army. The next day, Percy then reveals that Grover Underwood has disappeared
without a trace and that his and Percy's empathy link is weakening. Percy also discovers that the Ares
cabin wants the chariot that the Apollo cabin recovered during a raid led by the Ares cabin, and that
they will refuse to fight unless they are given it. Needing a break, Percy chases his pet Mrs. OLeary
and follows her to the clearing where the Lords of the Wild hold their meetings. There, Percy finds
Nico, Leneus, one of the Council of Cloven Elders members, and Grover's girlfriend Juniper talking
about Grover. Leneus initially denies to help Grover, but is then forced by Percy. When Nico and Percy
are alone, Percy decides to carry out Nico's plan and they then travel together to find Luke's mother in
order to discover Luke's past by traveling on Mrs. O'Leary, who, like all creatures of shadow, can
shadow-travel.
Percy and Nico arrive at Luke's mother's house in Westport, Connecticut and find that she is in a
psychotic state. Ms. Castellan greets the two boys as if they were Luke when they arrive.. Percy
discovers that Luke ran away in order to protect his mother. Also they learned that when he turned his
soul over to the Titans, he required his mother's blessing. Having the information they came for, as they
attempted to leave, Luke's mother suddenly has a vision of her son ruled by Kronos and cries out in
horror. Disturbed, Percy and Nico run from the house to find that Mrs. O'Leary has been approached by
the goddess Hestia. Hestia provides for the boys and then tells Percy that no matter what side he
chooses, he must remember her because she is the last Olympian. She goes on to explain that while all
the Olympians are gone, she is the only hope for Olympus and that all must remember her when they
fight. Hestia then sends Percy and Nico to Percy's house where they are greeted by his mom and Paul,

who finally believes Percy's mother about his life as a half-blood. Percy and Nico tell her of their plan
and she reluctantly gives Percy her blessing, agreeing that he will signal her if he survives the war.
Ready to carry out the plan, Nico and Percy travel to Central Park to reach the Underworld via
Shadow-travel.
When Percy and Nico arrive at Central Park, Nico tells Percy they'll need music to enter the
Underworld from that entrance. Suddenly, Percy feels Grover's presence and, using his empathy link to
awake Grover out of a deep sleep, Grover falls out of a tree near Percy and Nico. He explains that he
was spreading the news about Pan's death and recruiting fighters when he saw a strange man walking
through Central Park, where everyone near the strange man was falling asleep. When Grover went to
confront the man, he turned his powers on Grover. After Grover's story, Nico says that Grover had
encountered Morpheus a minor god that can put people to sleep and that his presence meant that the
invasion was coming sooner than it was expected. Grover then plays a song to open the gate to the
Underworld before leaving to tell Juniper that he was alive. Traveling into the Underworld, Nico
detours Percy towards the gate for the dead, but ultimately hands him over to the Furies, including
Alecto, who was Mrs. Dodds in The Lightning Thief.
When Percy realizes he's been tricked, he fought against Nico but is stopped by the Furies and has his
sword thrown off , leaving him defenseless. Nico explains that his father had promised him information
on his past if he turned in Percy. Upon arriving in Hades' throne room, Percy, Nico and Hades are
joined by Persephone, and her mother Demeter. As a reward, Hades reveals that he sent Nico and his
sister to the magical hotel they were abandoned at to protect them and so that they would never age
until they left, and that the lawyer that collected them was Alecto (Mrs.Dodds). Hades promised that he
planned to not help out in the fight for Olympus and then after the Titans took over, strike their
weakened forces. He then sends Nico off and takes Percy captive.

Percy ends up having a nightmare and wakes up having Nico pinned to the floor of his cell. Nico then
helps Percy escape to the River Styx on Mrs. O'Leary. When the two get there, Percy has a talk with
Achilles before bathing in the River Styx to become nearly invincible (his only weakness is the small of
his back). When Percy is done, he is attacked by Hades' minions and Hades himself. Percy escapes after
defeating Hades and his minions using his new found strength (bathing in the Styx made him more
powerful, faster, and stronger, among other things). As he leaves he tells Nico to stay and convince
Hades to fight.
Percy travels to the Empire State Building, meeting up with some other campers. Remembering that
one of them could be a spy, he tells the group of his plan to get Zeus to defend Mount Olympus. They
head to the 600th floor and find the throne room empty except for Hestia, who is still tending the fire.
She sends him a vision of the day Luke and Thalia found Annabeth, the same day Luke gave her the
knife she still uses, and when Luke meets his dad, Hermes, for the first time. Afterward, Hestia leaves
when Hermes arrives, who relays a message from Athena to defend Manhattan by using Plan 23. To
Percy, Athena says to ' remember the rivers' and also staying away from her daughter. Annabeth
mentioned Lukein front of Hermes, Percy defends her. Hermes was about to crush Percy with his
caduceus, but Martha and George stop him. The god of messengers departs with sadness and grief.
They go outside when they find out that all the mortals in New York have fallen asleep because of
Morpheus. Afterwards, Percy sends groups of campers to guard the bridges and tunnels of Manhattan
from Kronos' army. As Kronos and Hecate use their magic powers to slow down time, Thalia and the
Hunters of Artemis come back to guard the Lincoln Tunnel from the army. Percy and Annabeth fly on
pegasi to help Apollo's campers on Williamsburg Bridge. They encounter and defeat many monsters.
Percy soon encounters and fights the Minotaur again, as shown in The Lightning Thief. He then heads
to the bridge to fight Kronos. As Percy realizes how much power he has he strikes Riptide into to the
bridge that causes a force to make the bridge break. After that, Kronos disappears and the campers
settle at their new headquarters. Some of the demigods help Annabeth with her wound which she had

gotten after she saved Percy's life by jumping in front of Ethan's blade which would have hit Percy's
weak spot.
Percy dreams about Maria di Angelo and Hades arguing about Nico and Bianca's safety (World War
II). Hades wants to take them to either the Underworld, or to the desert where time stands still and
Maria doesn't agree with Hades' idea. Zeus then makes the hotel explode, killing Maria di Angelo,
because he is afraid of the Great Prophecy. Hades sends Alecto to take Nico and Bianca to the Lotus
Hotel, where Zeus can't harm them. Percy then dreams about Rachel at the beach with her parents. She
has a feeling that New York is being attacked by a monster and that Percy is in trouble. When she
oversees this, she persuades her parents to leave the beach with her.
Percy is awoken by Thalia, who told him that a Titan, Prometheus, was here to negotiate. The Titan
soon stated that Olympus is destined to fall, and that he should surrender. When Percy refuses, he
shows him more of Luke's past, mainly an argument between the young demigod and his father. Percy
was moved by the vision, but remained adamant, so Prometheus gave him "Pandora's box," which was
actually a pithos (jar), and told him that if was to open it and let "Hope" go that he would take that as a
sign of surrender.
Percy then sleeps again. When he woke up, he found out that Hyperion and his army are attacking at
the Central park. The two battle it out on the lake, and Percy notes that Hyperion is weaker when he's
wet. Percy, unknowingly, starts a mini-hurricane and douses Hyperion's flames repeatedly. Grover and
his friends then successfully trap him inside a maple tree. Almost immediately, a Clazmonian Sow,
descends wreaking havoc but they managed to defeat it. Arriving at the Empire State building, he saw
that the campers were pushed back to the near doors by the monsters.
After talking with Annabeth over Luke, Percy suddenly finds himself at Bobby Earl's party in the
southern United States. There he finds Dionysus playing Pac-Man. Dionsyus tells him not to lose the
Empire State Building, and asked him to make sure that his son Pollux didn't die he then sent Percy

back to New York. When Percy is back he hears a helicopter and realizes it's Rachel. He goes to save
her, because the Pilot fell asleep, however Annabeth sneaked into the helicopter and landed it safely.
Rachel then tells Percy her strange dreams. Percy is yet again tired, and hits the sack. He sees Kronos
ordering Ethan and Prometheus to release the Drakon. He wakes and organizes his forces for battle. He
and Annabeth go fight the Drakon despite the fact that only a child of Ares may kill it. However they're
surprised when they see Clarisse leading her cabin into battle. However, after "Clarisse" falls from her
chariot, they knew something was wrong. The real Clarisse arrived and they realized the fallen one was
Silena Beauregard. Silena soon passed away, after revealing that she was the spy. She was the spy due
to the fact that Luke blackmailed her into saying that she will be saving many lives. Clarisse, out of
rage, kills the Drakon.
After Clarisse defeated the Drakon, Thalia suggested that Percy and Annabeth should go to Olympus to
help set up the final defenses. On their way to the elevator, they saw Grover kneeling over Leneus, who
was sacrificed in the battle. While they were on Olympus, they helped to cheer up the wounded. When
they reached the palace, they saw Rachel holding Pandora's pithos and Annabeth and Grover went to
find more Greek Fire and Hephaestus traps. After that, Percy and Rachel sat next to Hestia and started
talking to her. Percy gives Pandora's jar to Hestia for safe-keeping so that he would not have the urge to
give up. Annabeth and Grover reluctantly helps Percy to Poseidon's throne so that he could get his
father's attention. Percy tells Poseidon of his plan to save Olympus and tells him that Kronos sent
Oceanus to attack him because he knew Poseidon could defeat Typhon. Percy tells him to abandon his
palace to help defeat Typhon. When Percy finally convinced Poseidon, Thalia came into the throne
room and informed Percy that Kronos is leading the army and he had to get down there fast.
During the attack, Kronos makes his way up to Olympus, where he starts to destroy it. Percy,
Annabeth, Grover, and Thalia quickly follow, but Thalia becomes pinned down when a falling statue of
Hera, aimed at Annabeth lands on Thalia's leg. She is still alive and tells everyone to go on without her.
In the throne room, Percy takes on Ethan Nakamura, and is able to convince him to help him fight

Kronos. After trying to stab Kronos, Ethan is stopped and Kronos tosses Ethan off Olympus into the
air, causing him to crash into the ground below. Annabeth attempts to awaken Luke inside his body by
calling out to him. Luke is able to flash back to them, telling them that Kronos is taking over his body
and will soon be unstoppable. Kronos takes back power and hurls Annabeth across the room. When
Annabeth reminds Luke of the promise he made when she was seven about how he would never let
anything happen to her, he manages to regain control of his body, but Kronos begins to fight back. He
tells Percy to quickly hand him Annabeth's knife before Kronos takes over his body. Percy, reluctantly
gives Luke the blade knowing that if he attacked himself, Kronos would take control and defend
himself. Luke stabs himself in his Achilles heel, actually on his side under his arm and commits
suicide, thus banishing Kronos and scattering him.
When the Olympians arrive back at Olympus, they reward the heroes for saving Olympus. They
promote Tyson to be General of the Cyclopes, and present him with the most finely made club, which
he calls "stick". They allow Annabeth to be the official architect for the new Olympus. They give
Grover the empty seat in the Council of Cloven Elders and he passes out. Also, all the victims of the
war would achieve Elysium. Lastly, they offer Percy immortality, but after much thinking, Percy turns
them down, asking them for a different gift: to claim all their half-blood children by their thirteenth
birthday, to honor all minor gods (such as Nemesis, Iris, Nike, etc.) and the gods to give Hades and all
other minor gods a cabin at Camp Half-Blood. He also releases the innocent people whom did nothing
wrong (like Calypso). Because Percy made them swear on the River Styx, they must oblige to his wish.
All the gods then congratulate him.
When they went back to the camp, Percy witnessed how Rachel accept the offer of being an oracle
despite of his pleading that she may get hurt in the process if she did not qualify. But in the end, Rachel
managed to win the process, thus revealing a new prophecy that will affect the next volume of the
series ( The Heroes of Olympus). At the end of the book, everyone get back to their normal lives,
Rachel flies to Clarion Academy, Grover convincing more satyrs to guard the nature, campers who

preferred to stay in camp for the whole school year and Percy as he becomes Annabeths boyfriend.
The two ran down the hill as Percy never looked back as a sign of new beginning for them.

The Great Prophecy Unraveled :

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.
Meaning of Lines :
1. Percy Jackson is son of Poseidon who is one of the eldest gods.
2. Percy turns sixteen even though he had several near-death experiences.
3. Morpheus puts all the mortals in Manhattan into a deep sleep.
4. Annabeth's dagger was cursed because of Luke's broken promise, and the hero was Luke.
5. Percy made the choice to give Luke the knife.
6. Luke chooses to save Olympus rather than to destroy it.

SUBMITTED BY : JASHWIN
BENEDICT ULLAL
SUBMITTED TO:
MS. VANESSA B. SALOM