what effect does being further north have on the demigods? By weaving together the familiar with the unfamiliar, Riordan kicks off this new series in an engaging way. The Lost Hero also takes us to Quebec, Canada, which brings up some interesting questions, e.g. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents. This amnesia can at times make it feel hard to connect with the story however, unlike in The Son of Neptune, because we are with Jason in a familiar setting - Camp Half Blood - this is much easier to move past. His latest novel is Daughter of the Deep, a modern take on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Similar to Percy in The Son of Neptune, Jason is suffering from memory loss by the end of the book we discover he is in fact a Roman demigod from Camp Jupiter and that he and Percy are part of an elaborate scheme to bring the two camps together. The opening novel of the Heroes of Olympus series focuses on three entirely new characters - including new lead character Jason Grace - as they try and work out their place in a vast plan being constructed by the goddess Hera.
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