Cover Reveal: House of Hades by Rick Riordan

 

At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy’s instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through the Gaea’s forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors are sealed, how will Percy and Annabeth be able to escape?

They have no choice. If the demigods don’t succeed, Gaea’s armies will never die. They have no time. In about a month, the Romans will march on Camp Half-Blood. The stakes are higher than ever in this adventure that dives into the depths of Tartarus.

House of Hades by Rick Riordan is the fourth installment in his new series, Heroes of Olympus starring Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Leo Valdez, Frank Zhang, and Hazel Levesque.

At the end of Rick Riordan's other series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Percy was (finally) with Annabeth and the next Great Prophecy had been spoken. Now, Percy's back and he's in trouble.

Gaea is rising and she has plans for Percy and the rest of the seven. From what I've gathered so far, she either wants Percy to be her pawn, or dead. Sacrificed and his blood drained on certain stones, to be more specific. Although any of the seven will do, I'm getting most of her evil controlling vibes are directed toward Percy, Jason, Frank, and Leo. And what's worse, she is the ultimate evil psycho lady. We're talking mother of Kronos. Remember what a wack-job Kronos was?

And to make matters worse, Percy and Annabeth have fallen into Tartarus. Nico and the rest of the seven are supposed to meet them at the Doors of Death. In the mean time, Percy and Annabeth have to make it through Tartarus, together. As long as they are together.*Begins dramatic sobbing*

The thing I am most excited for in this book is actually Nico. I know, Percy and Annabeth are probably going to be going through a Hell of a lot down there in, well, Hell. But I am and always was a die-hard Nico fangirl (Not the one who turns his hair and eyes brown, because he is the son of the Lord of the Underworld, and therefore should look like such, not like a puppy)

I love Nico, I love his personality, his powers are EPIC and he's always been my favorite character in the series. And I really can't wait to see how he acts with the rest of the group. I wonder if he's going to step up and try to be a leader. I hope he doesn't, it doesn't seem like it's in his personality to. As long as he stays dark and intimidating, I will love him :D (Yeah, I'm a bit morbid)

But OMIGOSH this cover is so beautiful and it's got Percy and Annabeth in it, running from bad guys and this is just *explodes* It rivals Son of Neptune as my favorite cover in this series, and all in all, it's insanely gorgeous. (It also looks like Annabeth still's got that broken ankle)

xx Avalon