The Mark of Athena
core novel 2012 The Riordanverse
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.47 (694,546 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781423140603 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
The Mark of Athena is the third book in The Heroes of Olympus series. A Greek warship from Camp Half-Blood sails to the Roman stronghold of Camp Jupiter so that seven demigods, prophesied to unite in a shared quest, can finally join forces despite centuries of mutual Greek-Roman distrust. Once united, the group sets out for Rome, following clues that Annabeth Chase alone can interpret, drawn from a trail her mother Athena left behind concerning the long-lost statue of the Athena Parthenos. As old tensions between the Greek and Roman demigods simmer just beneath the surface of their fragile alliance, the group must navigate ancient dangers scattered across Rome and beyond, aware that recovering the statue may be the key to averting a larger catastrophe tied to the stirring earth goddess Gaea.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Riordanverse
- Series: The Heroes of Olympus core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rick Riordan
Awards (verified)
- Readers' Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's), 2012: 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 3 of 5: previous The Son of Neptune (2011) · next The House of Hades (2013)
- Internal chronology, within The Riordanverse: position 14 of 25: previous The Son of Neptune (2011) · next The House of Hades (2013)
Sources
- Rick Riordan's official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Half-Blood_Chronicles
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mark_of_Athena
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