The House of Hades
core novel 2013 The Riordanverse
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.57 (502,199 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781423146728 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
The House of Hades is the fourth book in The Heroes of Olympus series. With two of their companions trapped in the deadly underworld realm of Tartarus, the remaining Greek demigods Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Nico, and Percy join forces with Roman demigods Jason, Hazel, and Frank aboard their ship to race toward the Doors of Death, a passage linking the mortal world and the underworld that Gaea's forces of Giants intend to exploit. As the seven demigods journey across dangerous territory to reach the Doors from the mortal side, they must also contend with rising suspicion between Greek and Roman factions back at their camps, suspicion that threatens to erupt into open war between Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter if it is not defused in time. Both halves of the group know that success depends on reaching and sealing the Doors from opposite sides at once.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Riordanverse
- Series: The Heroes of Olympus core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rick Riordan
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's), 2013: won; Reader-vote win.
Notes
- From the series record (The Heroes of Olympus): Direct sequel sequence (2010-2014) uniting the Greek and Roman camps against the giants.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Heroes of Olympus: position 4 of 5: previous The Mark of Athena (2012) · next The Blood of Olympus (2014)
- Internal chronology, within The Riordanverse: position 15 of 25: previous The Mark of Athena (2012) · next The Blood of Olympus (2014)
Sources
- Rick Riordan's official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Half-Blood_Chronicles
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Hades
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