59 pages • 1 hour read
Rick RiordanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
The book begins with the prophecy that Meg spoke while sitting on the Throne of Memory in Chapter 40 of the previous installment in the series, The Dark Prophecy. The prophecy was delivered in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet (three stanzas and a closing couplet). The prophecy indicates that Apollo and Meg must go west with the satyr Grover as their guide. There, Meg will find her ancient roots. The prophecy also indicates that Apollo must locate the emperor who mastered a horse and release the Oracle who speaks in crossword puzzles. He has five days to complete the quest and must walk in his enemy’s shoes to do so.
The first-person narrator, Apollo, proclaims that he will not tell this part of his story, which is the most humiliating in his 4,000 years of existence, but he relents and concedes that “record[ing] [his] shame for posterity” must be part of Zeus’s punishment. He also warns of much “suffering” to come (1).
Apollo’s story picks up with Meg, Grover, and Apollo proceeding through the Labyrinth. Apollo is sure that they are lost, but Grover insists that they are not.
By Rick Riordan
Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan
The Chalice of the Gods
Rick Riordan
The Dark Prophecy
Rick Riordan
The Hammer of Thor
Rick Riordan
The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan
The House of Hades
Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan
The Mark Of Athena
Rick Riordan
The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan
The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune
Rick Riordan
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan
The Throne of Fire
Rick Riordan
The Titan's Curse
Rick Riordan