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=**The Battle of the Labyrinth**=


 * **Author:** || Rick Riordan ||
 * **Genre:** || Adventure ||
 * **Length:** || 361 pgs ||
 * **Grade:** || 4.5 ||
 * **Year Published**: || 2008 ||

The Battle of the Labyrinth is an adventure story based on Greek mythology in modern day. The four main characters are Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson. Percy is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and has some of Poseidon’s powers. Annabeth is the daughter of Athena, the god of wisdom, and Annabeth has a lot of Athena’s wisdom. Grover is a satyr meaning that the lower half of his body is goat and he has small horns on his head. His goal in life is to find Pan, the god of wisdom. Tyson is a Cyclops meaning he has one eye, is resistant to fire, and has great strength. He is also very good at making things.

Basically the titan lord Kronos is the father of Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodite, and Hera. Lord Kronos believed that his downfall would come from his own sons and daughters. He was so fearful that he ate every one of his sons and daughters. His wife didn’t like that her sons and daughters were being eaten and instead of giving Lord Kronos Zeus she gave him a rock. Lord Kronos ate the rock and Zeus vowed to exact revenge on Lord Kronos and gathered many to fight alongside him. He waged a ten year war and finally was victorious and forced his father to spit up his brothers and sisters. Now the titan Lord Kronos is gathering forces and slowly regaining his strength to exact revenge on the gods. It’s up to Percy and his friends to stop him. This another exciting book in this great series.

I liked this book because it had so many twists and turns and many small back stories that you would never guess until you find them out. There were many moments where I was just waiting to see what would happen next. I liked this series so much I’ve read from book one to this book, book four, in less than a week. The characters are well thought out and have so much of a background that you just want to keep on reading.

I recommend this book highly to anyone who likes fast paced books that just keep you reading. Other books by this author are books one, two, three, and five of the Percy Jackson series and a new series called the Heroes of Olympus. I give this book the final rating of 10/10.

By Richard Borland