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With five books in one package, no one will miss a minute of the excitement. Apollo's fast-paced, monster-filled quest brings the Percy Jackson chronicles to an end. Now readers from 8 to 80 can enjoy it from start to finish and then keep the handsome box on their shelf for posterity. Also included is a bonus poster of the key locations and characters in the series.

From The Hidden Oracle to the long awaited The Tower of Nero, this collection will thrill loyal readers and be a go-to gift for new fans of the best-selling series. Also included, a bonus short story: "Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo". Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus?

Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York.

Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo have to face his arch nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist? These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting. Things aren't going well for Apollo. There's only one way he can earn back Zeus' favour, and that's to seek and restore the ancient oracles - but that's easier said than done. Apollo must head to the American Midwest where, rumour has it, a haunted cave may hold answers.

There are a few things standing in his way though. The cave could kill him, or drive him insane. Oh, and a Roman Emperor, whose love of bloodshed makes Nero look tame. To stay alive, Apollo needs the help of a mortal goddess, a bronze dragon, and some familiar faces from Camp Half-Blood. Will he survive the greatest challenge of his four thousand year existence? Lebih parah lagi, dua kaisar gila mengerahkan musuh-musuh Apollo untuk menyerangnya.

Orang-orang yang ingin menuntut balas karena dulu secara asal dikutuk sang dewa musik hanya karena dia mampu melakukannya. Padahal, sekarang Apollo sudah lumayan bertobat. Dia bahkan tidak mau-mau amat kembali jadi dewa. My breath steamed in the cold air. I raised my hand in an ancient three-fingered gesture for warding off evil. The smoky shapes trembled. My hopes lifted. I waited for them to dissipate or flee in terror. Instead, they solidified into ghoulish corpses with yellow eyes.

Their clothes were tattered rags, their limbs covered with gaping wounds and running sores. Percy and Meg stepped to either side of me. Tag with plague spirits. Have fun with that, LOL. But the list never seems to end. The three nosoi shuffled forward. Their cadaverous mouths gaped. Their tongues lolled.

Their eyes glistened with a film of yellow mucus. Except for that story about how I flayed the satyr Marsyas alive. That was a total lie. Percy glanced at me. The middle plague spirit spoke.

Difficult for me, but I managed. Once I was born, spreading illnesses became part of my job. The spirit on the left gurgled. Stop interrupting! I will strike you down! Perhaps you are wondering how I could act so confident and calm. In fact, I was terrified. My sixteen-year-old mortal instincts were screaming, RUN! My knees were knocking together, and my right eye had developed a nasty twitch.

But the secret to dealing with plague spirits was to keep talking so as to appear in charge and unafraid. I trusted that this would allow my demigod companions time to come up with a clever plan to save me. I certainly hoped Meg and Percy were working on such a plan.

The spirit on the right bared his rotten teeth. Where is your booow? The nosoi shuffled nervously. Percy cleared his throat. I thought. The middle spirit chortled, his yellow eyes gleaming. It does not have the pooooetry of a good epidemic. The three corpses shambled forward. I thrust out my arms, hoping to blast them to dust.

Nothing happened. The branch stuck. Glittering smoke began swirling down the length of the wood. Meg released the branch and scampered away. Meanwhile, Percy Jackson charged into battle. Whenever his blade connected with the nosoi, their bodies simply dissolved into glittery mist, then resolidified. A spirit lunged to grab him. I knew running would not help. I took one century off to lie around the beach in Cabo, and came back and found that the nosoi had gotten loose and a third of the continent was dead.

Gods , I was so irritated. But I was too terrified to argue. Meg and Percy sprinted off through the orchard, and I followed. Percy pointed to a line of hills about a mile ahead. We passed an irrigation tank on a tractor-trailer. With a casual flick of his hand, Percy caused the side of the tank to rupture.

A wall of water crashed into the three nosoi behind us. My chest ached. Each breath was a ragged wheeze. I resented that these two demigods could carry on a conversation while running for their lives while I, the immortal Apollo, was reduced to gasping like a catfish. Before I could finish, three glittering pillars of smoke plumed from the ground in front of us.

Two of the nosoi solidified into cadavers—one with a peach for a third eye, the other with a tree branch sticking out of his chest. He ran straight into the plume of smoke. He fell to his knees, clawing at his throat. Meg picked up another withered peach from the field, but it would offer her little defense against the forces of darkness.

I tried to figure out how to help Percy—because I am all about helping—but the branch-impaled nosos charged at me. I turned and fled, running face-first into a tree. I found myself flat on my back, spots dancing in my eyes, the cadaverous visage of the plague spirit looming over me. He dissolved into smoke and settled over me like a glittering blanket. Peaches in combat. I am hanging it up now. My brain exploded. I wish it had. Instead, my regrets passed before my eyes. Despite being a gloriously perfect being, I do have a few regrets.

I remembered that day at Abbey Road Studios, when my envy led me to set rancor in the hearts of John and Paul and break up the Beatles.

I remembered Achilles falling on the plains of Troy, cut down by an unworthy archer because of my wrath. I saw Hyacinthus, his bronze shoulders and dark ringlets gleaming in the sunlight. Standing on the sideline of the discus field, he gave me a brilliant smile. Watch me, I said. And of course I saw her —the other love of my life—her fair skin transforming into bark, her hair sprouting green leaves, her eyes hardening into rivulets of sap.

Those memories brought back so much pain, you might think I would welcome the glittering plague mist descending over me. Yet my new mortal self rebelled. I was too young to die! Yes, my godly catalogue of exes was filled with more beautiful people than a Kardashian party guest list, but none of that seemed real to me. That may seem silly. We are immortal. In my case, three stinking times.

Gods know about fading. They know about being forgotten over the centuries. The idea of ceasing to exist altogether terrifies us. In fact—well, Zeus would not like me sharing this information, and if you tell anyone, I will deny I ever said it—but the truth is we gods are a little in awe of you mortals. You spend your whole lives knowing you will die.

No matter how many friends and relatives you have, your puny existence will quickly be forgotten. How do you cope with it? Why are you not running around constantly screaming and pulling your hair out? Your bravery, I must admit, is quite admirable. Now where was I? I was dying. I rolled around in the mud, holding my breath. I tried to brush off the disease cloud, but it was not as easy as swatting a fly or an uppity mortal. I caught a glimpse of Meg, playing a deadly game of tag with the third nosos, trying to keep a peach tree between herself and the spirit.

She yelled something to me, but her voice seemed tinny and far away. Somewhere to my left, the ground shook. A miniature geyser erupted from the field. Percy crawled toward it desperately. He thrust his face in the water, washing away the smoke. My eyesight began to dim. Percy struggled to his feet. He ripped out the source of the geyser—an irrigation pipe—and turned the water on me. Normally I do not like being doused. Every time I go camping with Artemis, she likes to wake me up with a bucket of ice-cold water.

The water disrupted the smoke, allowing me to roll away and gasp for air. Nearby, our two gaseous enemies re-formed as dripping wet corpses, their yellow eyes glowing with annoyance. Meg yelled again. This time I understood her words. All around the orchard, the frozen blackened remnants of the harvest were beginning to levitate. Believe me, in four thousand years I have seen some strange things. I have seen the dreaming face of Ouranos etched in stars across the heavens, and the full fury of Typhon as he raged across the earth.

But never before had I seen an uprising of frozen fruit. If I had been standing up, I would have been killed, but Meg simply stood there, unfazed and unhurt, as frozen dead fruit zinged around her. All three nosoi collapsed, riddled with holes. Every piece of fruit dropped to the ground. Percy looked up, his eyes red and puffy. That was generally a good sign. She was staring in amazement at the carnage of fruit, mangled corpses, and broken tree limbs. Meg looked horrified.

I just knew it would happen. One of the cadavers began to stir. It got up, wobbling on its heavily perforated legs. The other two corpses rose. The third spirit bared his rotten teeth. Perhaps the spirit meant me. When in doubt, I usually assumed the conversation was about me.

Her face paled. Her arms trembled. More peaches swirled into the air. This time the fruit blurred together in a fructose dust devil, until standing in front of Meg was a creature like a pudgy human toddler wearing only a linen diaper. Protruding from his back were wings made of leafy branches. His babyish face might have been cute except for the glowing green eyes and pointy fangs. The creature snarled and snapped at the air. The three nosoi also did not look pleased. They edged away from the snarling baby.

I stared at her in disbelief. She had to be the cause of this fruit-based strangeness, but she looked as shocked as we were. The peach baby turned toward the nosoi. For a moment, I feared he would make some hellish alliance—an axis of evil between illnesses and fruits. The middle corpse, the one with the peach in his forehead, inched backward. The peach baby launched himself at the nosos and bit his head off.

That is not a figure of speech. In a matter of seconds, the nosos had been torn to shreds and devoured. Understandably, the other two nosoi retreated, but the karpos crouched and sprang. He landed on the second corpse and proceeded to rip it into plague-flavored Cream of Wheat. The last spirit dissolved into glittering smoke and tried to fly away, but the peach baby spread his leafy wings and launched himself in pursuit. He opened his mouth and inhaled the sickness, snapping and swallowing until every wisp of smoke was gone.

He landed in front of Meg and belched. His green eyes gleamed. Instead, even after eating three whole nosoi, the little fellow looked hungry. He howled and beat his small chest. Slowly, Percy raised his sword. His nose was still red and runny, and his face was puffy.

I was certain Meg had summoned him, intentionally or unintentionally. This brings to mind an expression I coined ages ago: A peach a day keeps the plague spirits away! Percy sneezed. The karpos hissed. Percy wiped his nose.

Instead of getting a deadly illness, you got a head cold. Meg shook her head. Percy stared at me as if waiting for something. After an awkward moment, it occurred to me that if he was a god and I was a worshipper, he might expect gratitude.

He nodded. I relaxed a little. A police cruiser was pulling over on the side of the road. My mom and Paul need thah car. The western border is wilder—hills and woods, all heavily enchanted. I had no alternative. There was no plan B that would keep me alive. Percy laughed. Cops love me almost as much as teachers do.

Peaches growled. Get lots of fluids. Okay, just try to survive until the weekend, will you? Muttering unhappily, he touched the cap of his pen to his sword, turning it back into a simple ballpoint. A wise precaution before approaching law enforcement. He trudged down the hill, sneezing and sniffling. Can you tell me where Manhattan is? Meg turned to me. I was soaking wet and shivering. I was having the worst day in the history of days.

I was stuck with a scary girl and an even scarier peach baby. I was by no means ready for anything. But I also desperately wanted to reach camp. I might find some friendly faces there—perhaps even jubilant worshippers who would bring me peeled grapes, Oreos, and other holy offerings. Peaches the karpos grunted. He gestured for us to follow, then scampered toward the hills. Maybe he knew the way. Maybe he just wanted to lead us to a grisly death.

Meg skipped after him, swinging from tree branches and cartwheeling through the mud as the mood took her. I turned my face to the sky. I promise. The gray winter clouds did not respond. With a sigh, I jogged after Meg and her homicidal new minion.

A walk through the woods. Voices driving me bonkers. I hate spaghetti. Nevertheless, our path into Camp Half-Blood looked straightforward enough. For starters, I was pleased I could see the camp, since it was normally shielded from mortal eyes. This boded well for me getting in. From where we stood at the top of a hill, the entire valley spread out below us: roughly three square miles of woods, meadows, and strawberry fields bordered by Long Island Sound to the north and rolling hills on the other three sides.

Just below us, a dense forest of evergreens covered the western third of the vale. Beyond that, the buildings of Camp Half-Blood gleamed in the wintry light: the amphitheater, the sword-fighting stadium, the open-air dining pavilion with its white marble columns. A trireme floated in the canoe lake. Twenty cabins lined the central green where the communal hearth fire glowed cheerfully.

At the edge of the strawberry fields stood the Big House: a four-story Victorian painted sky blue with white trim. My friend Chiron would be inside, probably having tea by the fireplace. I would find sanctuary at last. My gaze rose to the far end of the valley. There, on the tallest hill, the Athena Parthenos shone in all its gold-and-alabaster glory. Once, the massive statue had graced the Parthenon in Greece.

Now it presided over Camp Half-Blood, protecting the valley from intruders. Even from here I could feel its power, like the subsonic thrum of a mighty engine. Old Gray Eyes was on the lookout for threats, being her usual vigilant, no-fun, all-business self. Personally, I would have installed a more interesting statue—of myself, for instance. Still, the panorama of Camp Half-Blood was an impressive sight. My mood always improved when I saw the place—a small reminder of the good old days when mortals knew how to build temples and do proper burnt sacrifices.

Ah, everything was better in ancient Greece! Well, except for a few small improvements modern humans had made—the Internet, chocolate croissants, life expectancy. Do you need tickets? I chuckled. I always enjoyed the chance to enlighten a clueless mortal. From the outside, most humans would spy nothing here except boring farmland. If they approached, they would get turned around and find themselves wandering out again. Believe me, I tried to get a pizza delivered to camp once.

It was quite annoying. I know the management. He sniffed the ground, then chomped a mouthful of dirt and spit it out. Peaches muttered something about peaches. I, too, felt as if something was amiss, but I chalked this up to my general dislike of forests.

Nevertheless, with our goal in sight, my usual optimism was returning. Anyway, the campers are very friendly. And wait until you see the orientation video! Now, come along. The woods were that bad. As soon as we entered their shadows, the trees seemed to crowd us. Trunks closed ranks, blocking old paths and opening new ones. Roots writhed across the forest floor, making an obstacle course of bumps, knots, and loops.

It was like trying to walk across a giant bowl of spaghetti. The thought of spaghetti made me hungry. The sounds were quite annoying, especially while walking through dark scary woods. Even the karpos Peaches was starting to smell good to me, giving me visions of cobbler and ice cream. As I said earlier, I was generally not a fan of the woods.

For his third trial, Apollo must journey through the Labyrinth to free an Oracle who only speaks in puzzles. Then, defeat the most vicious of three very vicious Roman Emperors. All without the use of his godly powers. It looks like he will need all the help he can get - from some new and old friends. Apollo tidak pernah merasa seterhina ini selama empat ribu tahun kehidupannya!

Semua orang mengenalnya sebagai dewa paling tampan, paling berbakat, dan paling populer. Namun, kini wujudnya yang mengagumkan berubah menjadi sesosok remaja culun berambut keriting, dengan muka berjerawat dan perut menggelambir bernama Lester Papadopoulos! Sang Dewa Musik tidak lagi memiliki satu kekuatan dewata pun dan tanpa sengaja malah membuat dirinya terikat menjadi pesuruh seorang demigod remaja bernama Meg. Siapa yang membuat Apollo dikutuk menjadi manusia fana dan berakhir di dalam salah satu tong sampah di New York?

Apa yang harus dia lakukan demi mendapatkan kembali wujud dewatanya dan pulang ke Olympus? But he has t. Also included, a bonus short story: "Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo". At last, the breathtaking, action-packed finale of the 1 bestselling Trials of Apollo series is here! Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus.

Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo have to face his arch nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist?

These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour.

But Apollo has many enemies - gods, monsters and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Mysterious incidents are wreaking havoc throughout Camp Jupiter. And if the Romans don't find out who-or what-is behind the episodes soon, the Twelfth Legion could implode.

Suspicion falls on Claudia, the Fourth Cohort's newest probatio. To find out the truth, see through Claudia's eyes the crime scenes, and watch as the bizarre events unfold - even when she discovers a secret that holds the key to Camp Jupiter's safety The fourth in a series of companion books to Rick Riordan's series, this one will focus on the Roman demigods' training camp in Northern California.

When mysterious incidents start wreaking havoc throughout Camp Jupiter, suspicion falls on the Fourth Cohort's newest probatio. Somewhere in the American Midwest, he and his companions must find the most dangerous Oracle from ancient times: a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again--if it doesn't kill him or drive him insane first.

Standing in Apollo's way is the second member of the evil Triumvirate, a Roman emperor whose love of bloodshed and spectacle makes even Nero look tame. To survive the encounter, Apollo will need the help of son of Hephaestus Leo Valdez, the now-mortal sorceress Calypso, the bronze dragon Festus, and other unexpected allies--some familiar, some new--from the world of demigods.

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