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The Tower of Nero
The Tower of Nero is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on October 6, 2020, and is the fifth and final book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, as well as the final book in the mainline Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.
In the book, Apollo (in his human form, Lester Papodopolous) and his demigod master, Meg, fight to free the last oracle. They must face their final enemies, Meg's abusive stepfather Nero and Apollo's longtime nemesis Python. The book begins with the revelation of the triumvirate Holdings, a powerful and malevolent entity led by Nero. The group threatens to unleash chaos and destruction upon the world by releasing the ancient and deadly Python.
The story is told in the first-person point of view.
The novel was published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and, large-print editions and the cover was illustrated by John Rocco.
After fainting due to exhaustion on arrival, Apollo has a dream in which he sees Lu telling Nero about their escape. Nero gives an ultimatum to Meg and Apollo to surrender within two days or else Manhattan will burn. The next day, Apollo, Meg, Apollo's son Will Solace, and Will's boyfriend Nico di Angelo go to meet Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the Delphic oracle's Pythia. She warns them about some cattle that are standing outside. After they discuss a way to sabotage Nero's Greek fire vats with the help of the troglodytes, a species of good diggers, Rachel suddenly spouts the final couplet of the prophecy, but Python has meddled with it. The cattle, revealed to be the Tauri Silvestres, attack, and the five manage to escape. Nico helps them reach the troglodytes via shadow travel, and Will is revealed to have the power to glow in the dark.
However, Nero doesn't believe Apollo's supposed surrender, and had discovered Lu was working with Apollo and Meg. Nero punishes Lu by having Cassius, a demigod in Nero's Imperial Household, use Meg's scimitars to amputate Lu's hands. Then, both Lu and Apollo are thrown into a holding cell.
Apollo, after managing to revive Lu, finds out that a leontocephaline, a creation of the Persian god Mithras, is guarding the fasces. As a guardian of immortality, he requires a sacrifice of it in return for granting access to the fasces. Lu and Apollo escape the prison, and Lu decides to give up her immortality to get the fasces, while Apollo goes to save Meg.
Upstairs, he realizes that the entire lower floor area has become a battleground, Camp Half-Blood demigods having come in. Kayla and Austin, two of his children, help Apollo reach Meg. On the way, Lester enters the wrong room, one containing the buttons to burn up Manhattan; the button is pressed, but nothing happens, as the vats have been disabled.
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The Tower of Nero
The Tower of Nero is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on October 6, 2020, and is the fifth and final book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, as well as the final book in the mainline Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.
In the book, Apollo (in his human form, Lester Papodopolous) and his demigod master, Meg, fight to free the last oracle. They must face their final enemies, Meg's abusive stepfather Nero and Apollo's longtime nemesis Python. The book begins with the revelation of the triumvirate Holdings, a powerful and malevolent entity led by Nero. The group threatens to unleash chaos and destruction upon the world by releasing the ancient and deadly Python.
The story is told in the first-person point of view.
The novel was published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and, large-print editions and the cover was illustrated by John Rocco.
After fainting due to exhaustion on arrival, Apollo has a dream in which he sees Lu telling Nero about their escape. Nero gives an ultimatum to Meg and Apollo to surrender within two days or else Manhattan will burn. The next day, Apollo, Meg, Apollo's son Will Solace, and Will's boyfriend Nico di Angelo go to meet Rachel Elizabeth Dare, the Delphic oracle's Pythia. She warns them about some cattle that are standing outside. After they discuss a way to sabotage Nero's Greek fire vats with the help of the troglodytes, a species of good diggers, Rachel suddenly spouts the final couplet of the prophecy, but Python has meddled with it. The cattle, revealed to be the Tauri Silvestres, attack, and the five manage to escape. Nico helps them reach the troglodytes via shadow travel, and Will is revealed to have the power to glow in the dark.
However, Nero doesn't believe Apollo's supposed surrender, and had discovered Lu was working with Apollo and Meg. Nero punishes Lu by having Cassius, a demigod in Nero's Imperial Household, use Meg's scimitars to amputate Lu's hands. Then, both Lu and Apollo are thrown into a holding cell.
Apollo, after managing to revive Lu, finds out that a leontocephaline, a creation of the Persian god Mithras, is guarding the fasces. As a guardian of immortality, he requires a sacrifice of it in return for granting access to the fasces. Lu and Apollo escape the prison, and Lu decides to give up her immortality to get the fasces, while Apollo goes to save Meg.
Upstairs, he realizes that the entire lower floor area has become a battleground, Camp Half-Blood demigods having come in. Kayla and Austin, two of his children, help Apollo reach Meg. On the way, Lester enters the wrong room, one containing the buttons to burn up Manhattan; the button is pressed, but nothing happens, as the vats have been disabled.