While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor-and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles-somewhere in the American Southwest. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. well, because the demigod authors would prefer not to be struck down, thank you very much. And, of course, there are divine words of wisdom from the god Apollo himself, because. Chiron himself introduces the book with a brief history of training based on his millennia of experience. Sprinkled throughout are stories from heroes who have called Camp Half-Blood home or just passed through on their way to places unknown. Prophecies do not flow forth with great regularity. The camp is not run with superior efficiency.

It includes info that can only be learned from those who live there.For instance, campers do not always co-exist in peace and harmony. But Camp Half-Blood Confidential explores much more than just the buildings and grounds.

Stopping Commodus, finding Meg, figuring out why the former Hunters dislike him, and locating the long-lost oracle in a blue and hollow cave… Apollo’s to-do list is getting longer by the moment.In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer such questions as “What is this place?” and “Do I get to keep the T-shirt?” Newbies can check out the section on the Divine Cabins, read up on Magical Landmarks, and consult the chapter of Training Arenas. He did drown the emperor back in the day, after all.) The emperor has big plans for Indianapolis that involve reviving games of bloodshed and death. Now he learns the identity of another member of the Triumvirate-Commodus, a bloodthirsty narcissist with a serious grudge against Apollo. Knowing she was under the control of a monster like Nero was hard to bear. As much as Meg annoyed him, he had grown to feel affection for her. She’s terrified of him-or rather, his alter superego, the Beast-and yet he coerced her back to his side in the grove. Nero, he learned to his horror, raised Meg. Apollo met one of the so-called Triumvirate, the malicious, power-hungry Nero, in the Grove of Dodona. Three Roman emperors who by all calculations should have died centuries ago are, in fact, very much alive. Why they dislike him is beyond him.Īnd then things start to get really weird… They’re met by two former Hunters of Artemis who greet Apollo with distinct chilliness. They make their escape and follow a headless orange ghost to an underground hideout called the Waystation. They’ve just collapsed Festus into suitcase form when they’re attacked by a horde of ruthlessly polite monsters called blemmyae. Leo and his new girlfriend Calypso, former immortal, are with him. Those words send him flying on Festus, Leo’s bronze dragon, to Indianapolis. The prophecy instructs him to locate a second long-forgotten oracle in “a cave blue and hollow.” He has received a prophecy-in limerick form, the worst kind-from ancient Grove of Dodona. Punch the long-lost, recently returned demigod Leo Valdez in the stomach? Check and double check.īut Apollo’s trials aren’t over. Fire a Shakespeare-spouting, plague-ridden arrow into the ear of a bronze colossus so it will sneeze its head off and die instead of attacking the camp? Check. Protect the gates of an ancient oracle? Check. Sung his way out of the den of the Myrmekes, giant killer ants? Check. Since becoming mortal as punishment for a near-world ending mistake and reaching Camp Half-Blood alive, Apollo-aka Lester Papadopoulos-has been busy.

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