The Lost Hero
- Published
- 12 October 2010
- Pages
- 556
- ISBN-13
- 9780141384924
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Lost Hero is the first book in The Heroes of Olympus, published in 2010 at 556 pages, picking up months after Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Titan war with a boy who wakes on a school bus with no memory -- while Percy himself has vanished from Camp Half-Blood entirely.
Key facts about The Lost Hero
The Lost Hero is a novel by Rick Riordan. Readers have had it since 12 October 2010. It runs to 556 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Lost Hero. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780141384924 to find the main one.
The Lost Hero is book 1 of 6 in The Heroes of Olympus series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Blood of Olympus is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 October 2014.
Additionally, Rick Riordan writes Tres Navarre, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Kane Chronicles, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our crime and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, The Wild Zone is the latest published Rick Riordan book on file, from 29 September 2026.
About Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan is an American author who reshaped middle-grade fantasy by fusing Greek mythology with contemporary American life in Percy Jackson and the Olympians, introducing Percy, a dyslexic, ADHD twelve-year-old who discovers he's the son of Poseidon and is thrust into a modern-day world where the Greek gods and monsters are alive and active. See every Rick Riordan book in order.
Its place in The Heroes of Olympus
The Lost Hero is book 1 in the The Heroes of Olympus series. It is followed by The Son of Neptune. See the full The Heroes of Olympus reading order.
The Heroes of Olympus picks up months after the Titan war that closed Percy Jackson and the Olympians — and immediately breaks its own world open. A boy wakes on a school bus with no memory and a name he is not sure is his; meanwhile Percy Jackson has vanished from Camp Half-Blood entirely. The answer to both mysteries is the series' great twist: the Greek gods also have Roman aspects, and a second, secret camp of Roman demigods has existed all along, trained for discipline and conquest where the Greeks prize…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780545477963
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781484408049
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781423113393