Rick Riordan Books

Churchill began his life beneath the painted ceilings of Blenheim Palace, a scion of the Marlborough line, born in 1874 into both privilege and neglect. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a meteoric Tory politician whose brilliance and volatility left a permanent mark; his mother, Jennie Jerom...

From The Last Olympian

The new century found Churchill restless for both fame and meaning. He sought danger the way others sought wealth, crossing continents as soldier and correspondent. In Cuba, India, Sudan, and finally South Africa, he confronted the realities of empire—not the comforts of command but the harshness of...

From The Last Olympian

Percy Jackson begins life unaware of the divine blood that runs through him. A twelve-year-old with dyslexia and ADHD, he seems perpetually out of step with everyone around him. The world expects him to conform, but Percy’s mind works differently. I wanted to capture the feeling of a kid who doesn’t...

From Percy Jackson & The Olympians

After the attack, Percy’s life spirals into chaos. His mother, Sally Jackson, tries desperately to protect him, but a monstrous being called the Minotaur makes that impossible. In a fierce battle on the road to safety, Percy loses his mother—an event that shapes his emotional core for the rest of th...

From Percy Jackson & The Olympians

You’d think the world began with something dramatic—like an explosion or fireworks—but nope, it started with Chaos. Not chaos as in ‘messy room chaos,’ but a swirling void of nothingness. Out of this emptiness came Gaea, the Earth, who decided it was time to get things moving. She gave birth to Oura...

From Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Kronos might have been on top of the world, but he had paranoia issues worse than his father’s. A prophecy told him one of his kids would overthrow him, so he did what any totally rational parent would do—he swallowed them whole. Every single baby, gone, except the youngest: Zeus. Rhea, his mother, ...

From Percy Jackson's Greek Gods