The Lost Hero
Cover of first edition
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| Author | Rick Riordan |
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| Cover artist | John Rocco |
| Country | United States |
| Series | The Heroes of Olympus (bk 1) |
| Genre | Fantasy, Greek and Roman mythology, young-adult novel |
| Publisher | Disney Hyperion |
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Publication date
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October 12, 2010 (hardcover, audiobook CD, Kindle/Nook) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), audiobook CD, e-book |
| Pages | 553 pp (56 chapters) |
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| OCLC | 526057827 |
| LC Class | PZ7.R4829 Los 2010 |
| Preceded by | The Last Olympian |
| Followed by | The Son of Neptune |
The Lost Hero is a 2010 fantasy-adventure novel written by Rick Riordan and is based on Greek and Roman mythology. It is the first book in the series The Heroes of Olympus, the second series about demigods and Camp Half-Blood. It was preceded by the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which focused solely on Greek mythology.
The book received generally positive reviews, and managed to win the Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2010 and landed on five bestseller lists, not including charts in the United Kingdom. The book is the first within the Percy Jackson universe to use Riordan's new style of writing, third person narration, where the point of view switches between the main characters: Jason, Piper, and Leo.
After realizing how many Greek and Roman myths he had left untouched as well the immense success of the original series, Riordan began writing a second series, using inspiration for his storyline from experiences that he and his children had while playing video and role-playing games such as World of Warcraft and Scion. After creating the storyline, Riordan created three new main characters—Jason, Piper, and Leo—but continued to use the previous main characters such as Annabeth and Grover as secondary characters. Unlike the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series which uses first-person narration solely from Percy's point of view, the second series is told in third-person, with the point of view alternating between various main characters. In The Lost Hero, those characters are Jason, Piper, and Leo. Although initially uncertain how fans would react, Riordan later found that they enjoyed the new format, as it allowed them to learn more about each character.
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