Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5: The Last Olympian 波西傑克森5:終極天神
NY Times Bestseller translated to Chinese.
Chinese Novel Highlight:
Percy (Perseus) Jackson and his friends fight in a war resembling the original war between the Greek gods and the Titans, and in a final battle with the powerful Titan, Lord Kronos. Typhon (a colossal monster that nearly destroyed Olympus in the first war) is released from under Mount St. Helens, forcing the gods to leave to fight with Olympus virtually undefended. Seeking to defeat Kronos, Percy bathes in the River Styx, like Luke, to make his body invulnerable except in one spot (mortal point; in Percy's case, the small of his back). Percy and his friends then fight in a last stand to protect Mount Olympus from the oncoming invasion of Kronos. They find out that a mortal girl that Percy met in the third book, The Titan's Curse, was destined to become the Oracle. Percy also finds out the last Olympian is Hestia and gives her Pandora's jar, telling her she is the last and most important Olympian, "because Hope survives best at the hearth". Percy and Luke (given orders by Kronos) battle at the top of Mt. Olympus. Luke is shocked back into his normal self after hurting Annabeth. During this battle, Percy turns 16, making the Great Prophecy come into effect. Annabeth tells Percy to give Luke the knife, leaving himself unarmed. He does and Luke stabs himself in his mortal spot to destroy Kronos and save Mt. Olympus. Percy had made the choice to save Olympus, losing plenty of his friends, and finding out that Luke was the true hero, in the end. A shroud is made for Luke when the gods return to Olympus. The gods reward Percy and his friends, they even offer him immortality but he refuses and they grant him one request. He requests the gods to recognize all their children by claiming them at the age of thirteen or by the time they reach Camp Half-Blood, make a place at Camp Half-Blood for Hades. He also requested that the minor gods and their children are given a regular amnesty. At the end Percy and Annabeth make their relationship official.
克羅諾斯軍隊在招募更多神與混血人加入後,勢力變得更加強大。混血營花了一整年的時間,準備與泰坦巨神決一死戰,即使他們深知打贏這場戰爭的機率渺茫。正當天神們努力遏止破壞力強大的怪物泰風入侵,克羅諾斯趁隙朝天神的地盤紐約市進攻,使奧林帕斯山陷入無人看守的狀態。現在,就靠波西和一群年輕的混血人軍隊來阻止這一切。
除了精采絕倫的正邪對戰,在眾所期盼的〈波西傑克森〉精采大結局《終極天神》中,波西十六歲的生日預言即將揭曉,波西必須面對的還有自己的命運。
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作者簡介
雷克.萊爾頓 Rick Riordan
美國知名作家,寫過膾炙人口的小說,其中的〈特雷斯.納瓦荷〉系列曾勇奪推理小說界的愛倫坡、夏姆斯、安東尼三大獎項;他也是〈The 39 Clues〉系列的策劃者與作者之一。萊爾頓早期是一位英文老師及小提琴演奏家,從事教職達十五年之久,對於青少年、校園生活及教育議題有相當程度的了解和熱情。他同時也是兩個男孩的父親,兒子還是〈波西傑克森〉系列的重要推手呢!
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