Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day. He woke in the backseat of a school bus, not sure where he was, holding hands with a girl he didn’t know. That wasn’t necessarily the rotten part. The girl was cute, but he couldn’t figure out who she was or what he was doing there.

On top of that, Jason doesn’t know who he is. Things continue to get stranger when on the class trip to the Grand Canyon, one of the students transforms into an evil storm spirit, the chaperone Coach Hedge reveals himself as a satyr, and Jason discovers that he can fly. After a battle in which Jason successfully defends his supposed best friend Leo and his supposed girlfriend Piper, Annabeth Chase arrives from Camp Half Blood to take the three back with her. Jason, Leo, and Piper soon discover that they are demigods and that they are destined to take part in the next Great Prophecy. However, there are problems. The gods have shut themselves up on Olympus, Percy Jackson has been missing for months, and Piper is hiding a secret that could destroy everyone she cares about. And it’s only the beginning…

The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan, is the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series that will take the reader back to Camp Half Blood for more breathtaking adventures with gods, monsters, and Festus the Happy Dragon.