The
Trials of Apollo
The Dark
Properchy
Originally Published : May 2, 2017
Author : Rick Riordan
Page Count : 432 (hardcover)
Publisher : Disney Publishing Worldwide
Preceded by : The Hidden Oracle
Genres : Fantasy, Young adult fiction
In the first book, Apollo casted down to earth by
Zeus. He turned into a mortal named Lester Papadopolus. If Apollo wants to
return his godly form, he should show mystery of three ancient oracle. In the
middle of his journey, he found a girl named Meg who is Demeter’s daughter. She
became Apollo’s master.
The second book started when Apollo flew to
Indianapolis on Leo’s dragon machine Festus together with Calypso who turned
into mortal too. In Indianapolis, they are attacked by by Nanette and Blemmyae.
The three of them escaped by following a
cheese ghost. They are saved by an elderly woman named Hemithea or Emmie. She takes them to the Waystation, a hidden
place for demigods and Hunters of Artemis. Emmie was one of the Hunters of
Artemis, but she lost her immortality because she fell in love with a woman
named Josephine. They adopted a girl named Georgina. The cheese ghost’ name is
Agamethus, brother of Trophonius, the next oracle. His head had cut off by his
brother and became a ghost without head. He is forced to communicate with a
Magic 8 wall. Britomartis, goddess of traps, appears. She said that her pet
griffin had kidnapped by the middle emperor named Commodus. She sent Apollo and
Calypso to the zoo while Leo stay at Waystation.
Apollo and Calypso arrive in the zoo and avoid all
the germani Commudus sent. They spotted Lityerses and attacked him to save Meg.
They escape on the train and find many captive animals including the two
griffins, Abelard and Heloise. They save the griffins, but suddenly Commodus
appears and sends combat ostriches to attack them. Festus comes to save them.
Lityerses betrays Commodus by beating him up so Apollo can escape.
Apollo once was Commodus’s trainer, Narcissus, and
killed him. Apollo takes Meg and Leo to the sewer, place of Commodus. Before
they reach the only entrance, they are attacked by a Carthaginian Serpent. Deep
in the sewer, they take the Throne of Memory and free captives : a Yorube
demigod named Olujime or Jamie, a Scythian Dracaena named Sssssarah, a hunter named
Hunter Kowalski, Lityerses and Georgnia. Then, they come back to the
Waystation.
After that, Apollo and Meg decided to go to The
Oracle of Trophonius. The entrance of the cave is guarded by beasts who can not
be killed named Yales. Apollo drinks from the Fountains of Memory and
Forgetfulness, but Meg skips it to get away from the yales. In the cave,
Trophonius tortures Meg with some dark shadows which are Meg’s deep frightened.
He told Apollo if Apollo wants to leave this cave they should stop Nanette and
some Blemmyae who are getting ready to blow up the oracle. Trophonius released
Meg. Apollo together with a half awake Meg leave the cave and find Nanette and
some Blemmyae. Apollo tricks them to kill themselves as well.
Apollo and Meg succeded escaping the cave while the
Waystation is under attack by Commodus’s forces. People in the Waystation help
ecah other, especially Lityerses. Apollo and Meg arrive in the Waystation and
help the others. Apollo fights Commodus. Then, Commodus jumps out of the windown
and disappears. Meg is placed on the
throne and recites a long properchy about Camp Jupiter. Leo leaves on Festus to
warn the camp, but Calypso decides to stay at Waystation. As the properchy
states that “the cloven guide alone the way does know”, Meg summons Grover
Underwood who are a satyr.
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