The Trials of Apollo · Book 1

The Hidden Oracle

by Rick Riordan

Published
24 May 2016
Pages
384
ISBN-13
9798855113006
Type
novel

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About this book

The Hidden Oracle (2016) opens The Trials of Apollo: Zeus hurls the god Apollo to earth as an acne-ridden, powerless sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester Papadopoulos, forced to serve a demigod named Meg McCaffrey and restore five silenced Oracles to win back his godhood.

Its place in The Trials of Apollo

The Hidden Oracle is book 1 in the The Trials of Apollo series. It is followed by The Dark Prophecy. See the full The Trials of Apollo reading order.

The Trials of Apollo begins with one of Rick Riordan's best jokes: Zeus punishes the god Apollo for his role in the Giant War by hurling him to earth as Lester Papadopoulos — a sixteen-year-old mortal with acne, flab and absolutely no divine powers. To win back his godhood, the former god of poetry, music and prophecy must restore five ancient Oracles that have fallen silent, and to do that he must serve a twelve-year-old demigod named Meg McCaffrey, whose own past hides the series' sharpest secrets. Behind the…

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