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The House of Hades is the fourth book in the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, set in the action-packed world of Percy Jackson.

The stakes have never been higher. If Percy Jackson and Annabeth fail in their quest, there'll be hell on Earth. Literally.

Wandering the deadly realm of Tartarus, every step leads them further into danger. And, if by some miracle they do make it to the Doors of Death, there's a legion of bloodthirsty monsters waiting for them.

Meanwhile, Hazel and the crew of the Argo II have a choice: to stop a war or save their friends. Whichever road they take one thing is certain - in the Underworld, evil is inescapable.

Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide.

'A cracking read' - Sunday Express

'Explosive' - Big Issue

'Action-packed' - Telegraph

Length: 605 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English	Age Level: 9 - 16

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PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE OF HADES

"Fans won't be disappointed as the cliff-hanger ending from the previous book, The Mark of Athena, leads to further exciting adventures by the intrepid demigods. . . As Annabeth and Percy struggle to survive Tantarus's poisonous atmosphere and creatures, the other demigods must undergo harsh trials. . . but they learn and grow mentally and physically from their experiences. The heroes realize that they cannot change their parentage but they can control their legacy. Fans will be thrilled to know the series continues with The Blood of Olympus in 2014."--School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR THE LOST HERO

"Readers longing for a return to Camp Half-Blood will get their wish . . . the action scenes come frequently as the three heroic teens fight monstrous enemies in North American locales . . . Flashes of humor lighten the mood at times, but a tone of urgency and imminent danger seems as integral to this series as the last. With appealing new characters within a familiar framework, this spin-off will satisfy the demand for more."--Booklist

PRAISE FOR THE SON OF NEPTUNE

"Fans will find plenty to cheer about as Percy and his allies move slowly toward fulfilling the mysterious Prophecy of Seven."--Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE OF HADES

"Adventure fans will relish the action as their heroes confront formidable foes, while readers who have come to love the characters will enjoy following the different individuals as they take the stage in scenes that are usually dramatic, often witty, and occasionally surprising. A satisfying, penultimate entry in the Heroes of Olympus series."--Booklist Online

PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE OF HADES

"In this adventure, victories are hard-won and the essence of bravery nuanced, making the journey as satisfying as it is entertaining."--Kirkus

PRAISE FOR THE MARK OF ATHENA

"With his now-trademark zero-to-60 acceleration, the author engineers a ghostly possession to set Greeks and Romans at odds and initiates the Prophecy of the Seven, hurtling Annabeth, Percy, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank and Jason into a pell-mell flight on the magical trireme Argo II. Here, Riordan's infectious love for his subject matter really comes through, even as he takes some real risks with his characters. A literal cliffhanger leaves eager readers hanging; next stop: Greece-and Tartarus."--Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE SON OF NEPTUNE

"Should pacing and wit continue unabated into the third volume, whose foretold European setting promises further freshness, fans will eagerly await numbers four and five."--Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE MARK OF ATHENA

"With a true storyteller's sense of pacing, Riordan creates another compelling adventure, right down to the cliff-hanger at the end. Stay tuned for volume four."----Booklist --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A thousand deadly monsters. Three battling demigods. One fatal decision.
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B00CBO0BHA
Publisher : Puffin; 1st edition (8 October 2013)
Language : English
File size : 3819 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 605 pages

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Sarah Fairbairn

LOOOOOOOVED IT!!!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 December 2014

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My Thoughts as a Fangirl:
LOOOOOOOVED IT!!!!! finished reading this book a few days ago and haven’t been able to bring myself to review it. I don’t know how to do this book justice. This book is brilliant. Well done Mr Riordan, you are awesome. I was thrown into a state of emotional shock and haven’t been able to pick up another book and move on yet. In the Heroes of Olympus series this is the fourth book, but if you read the whole Percy Jackson Saga it’s the Ninth. Please Mr Riordan get that final book out as fast as you can, I NEED it. I think I’ll have to reread ‘house of hades’ a few times between now and August to hold myself together.

My Thoughts as an adult (with a son who will be introduced to these books when he is the right age):
Thank You. Thank you for giving us heroes who deserve to be heroes. Thank you for giving us heroes from different backgrounds. THANK YOU for giving us heroes who have been pigeonholed as naughty kids. Heroes that are dyslexic and have ADHD. And THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for giving us a homosexual male hero, who is uncomfortable in his own skin and who feels he doesn’t fit it or belong. If more authors were to slip these things into their books, hidden so well the way you have the world would be a better place.
The story was full of action, adventure, love and accepting the truth. Enemies had to come together and new friends were made. There was comic relief in the form of Bob the titan and Little Bob the cat, which was needed after the intense maturing all the characters go through. A definite pleaser for teen or adult. There were struggles overcome and every one of the heroes shined and came into their own. Riordan has given us heroes to be proud of, all with different talents, all using them working together for the greater good.

Five Stars. Bring on the final instalment!

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Imogen

Best Thing Since Chocolate!

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2015

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Hades' House is a nightmare come true for Chase & Jackson. Just reading about it made me shiver. . . But I did respect the ARGO 2's heroic voyage across the seas and skies, and the demi-gods' courage who were aboard. Do read!

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Ashi

Fantastic Action packed novel

Reviewed in Australia on 8 November 2014

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If you want a comedy with adventure and a lot of war, you have officially chosen the right book and have spend your money on something worth buying. This story is part of the series the Heroes of Olympus and is about some half god half humans new yorkers on a journey to Greece to stop the evil mother nature ;Gaia, from awakening and destroying the world. I would recommend this book to preteens to young adults.

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Annette Harding

Enjoyed all the way to last book

Reviewed in Australia on 4 August 2018

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Enjoyed all the way to last book

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Zac Leman

Loved it!

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2016

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I hated it, kiddin it was AWESOME. PAS girl got defeated and Percy and Annabeth met BOB (Iapetus). This book was AWESOME

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Bradley Matthews

Great Book

Reviewed in Australia on 19 March 2015

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this series of books is awesome. even though it is fiction you could almost believe that everything in the book could actually happen, or is happening. i highly recommend reading the Percy Jackson series before reading this though. great price, great book, awesome series.

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TurtleLord

Good

Reviewed in Australia on 20 August 2016

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Cool book, coudn't get enough of it. Loved the part where Annabeth tricks Arachne into building her own trap.

Worth three and a half stars.

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Kadeyn Cox

Reviewed in Australia on 3 June 2014

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Like all of the other books in the series it did not disappoint. Great book can`t wait for Blood of Olympus.

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Juliea

RR suprises everyone again

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2018

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I particularly enjoyed this novel! Everything was really unexpected! Amazing!

PERCY JACKSON, SON OF POSEIDON

Percy was reallllllly awesome in this book. Really he was just fantastic, though I'm not sure if he'll have a POV in the next book since he had one in this book. He and Annabeth's experience in Tartarus obviously brought them closer than ever before, and I found Percy's "death scene" so dramatic!!!!!

ANNABETH CHASE, DAUGHTER OF ATHENA

My gurl Anna was great in Tartarus, but if she had her knife she would'nt have been the damsel in distress. Poor Annabeth was isolated from her mother,who, like a couple other gods and goddesses, is torn between her Greek and Roman sides. Overall she was amazing and a worthy daughter of the wisdom goddess. Also, after this book I realized she has LONG hair not SHORT hair. Darn fanfictions!

JASON GRACE, SON OF JUPITER

Jason... oh..... uh....... Sorry fans of Jason....... I gotta be honest.
HE IS A RIDICULOUS BLONDE SUPERMAN WHO IS FULL OF HIMSELF!!! HE HAAAAAATES PERCY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT PERCY IS MORE POWERFUL!!! HE TOYED WITH REYNA'S HEART! HE MADE HER FEEL LIKE HE LOVED HER THAN STARTED DATING PIPER!! AGHHHHHH I HATE YOU JASON GRACE!!!!!!

PIPER MCLEAN, DAUGHTER OF APHRODITE

I know what I said about Jason, but I actually like Piper. She's not really like children, especially daughters, of the love goddess are portrayed most of the time. In the previous book, I enjoyed how Piper was torn between saving herself and Jason, or herself and Percy. It's the usual "one-girl-two-boys" situation that you'd find in most of these type of books. Piper slays with that charmspeak too!

LEO VALDEZ, SON OF HEPHAESTUS

The only thing I didn't like about Leo: He nearly got in the way of my precious Frank/Hazel ship, and that was pure EVIL....... anyway, I think he will succeed in getting back to Ogygia to find Calypso (how cute!) and Caleo will come true! Not much more to say about this joker, except......
DON'T EVER GET IN THE WAY OF MY FRANK/HAZEL SHIP AGAIN!!!!!!!

FRANK ZHANG, SON OF MARS

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Voodoo Ray

um…WOW p.s spoilers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2019

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I love this book i have read it about 7 times i cried when Annabeth punged into the tartrus and Percy loved her soooooooooo much he also plunged into the pit of horrors so Annabeth would not go through it alone. I think jason is too much of a goody-too-shoes and Piper deserves a better boyfriend though i was still sad when they killed him off in trials of Apollo. Leo is hilliarious I think Calypso and him make a great couple and i am gland he found her again. I love tbe fact Leo is like a brother to Piper. I feel really bad for Piper because she has been through so much especially when her ex-boyfriend dies. YES THIS IS RIGHT EX THEY BREAK UP!!! Which i was a little sad about. Nico is awesome he went to tartrus alone a son of Hades can summon zombies out of the ground put him self in a coma to stay alive and on top of all of that still has the energy to shadow travel. I think Couch Hedge os great a very comical character and i think his baby sounds very cute and sweet. I think Reyna is awesome she lends strength for others she is not selfish and she has an amazon sister.

Thanks for reading this very long review
bye!

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mr m.

Absolutely amazing!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2020

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Rick Riordan is an amazing author for all ages inspiring all who read his amazing work. I love the entire mythoogyverse by RR from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief all the way to The Trials of Apollo The Tyrants Tomb(and ofcourse the son to be released Tower of Nero) but this is one of the greaest of all of his books. Among one of the most enjoyable and best reads ever! For all ages this book cn be appreciated as a masterpeice despite being aimed for kids and teens. The characters are perfect and the plot is epic and satisfying. With surprising twist, new characters and arcs aswell as fantastic description this book is a must read for all kids, teens, mythology lovers an basically everyone wishing to have a great time enjoying Percy and Annabeth facetheir gravest challenge yet.

D Calvert

Edge of your seat reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2014

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This is the last book before The Blood of Olympus and it is a stunner. Oh wow there were so many things that happened in this book that I just didn't expect. After the Mark of Athena ended I was thinking that things could not get worse than that ending but they did...and it was great. I was shocked and stunned and gripped and wanting more from the very start to the very end of this book.

I loved that there were characters that appeared in the previous books briefly mentioned, in some cases like Grover, but also sort of a main character like Bob. I loved Bob he was so cute. I also loved how we got more information from Nico and eveything made much more sense when his secret came out. It was brilliant.

Just like the rest of the series this book was completely and totally brilliant. It grabbed you from the first page and did not let you go until the very end. It was fantastic with its twists that I just did not see coming and it really makes you excited and impatient for the last book in the series because you just cannot wait to find out what will happen with these heroes.

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Rachel H

Loved it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2013

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I settled down on the sofa this morning for a wonderful day with 'The House of Hades'. Rick Riordan tracks the simultaneous adventures of Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus, and the crew of the Argo II, without a dull moment between them. The book starts in the middle of the action. The first line of the book says it all - "During the third attack, Hazel almost ate a boulder" - and excitement-levels remain high throughout.

The adventures feature exotic creatures, including a magical farting polecat, a stealth turtle and a bunch of dwarf monkeys. Not to mention all the hell-monsters from Tartarus, which Riordan describes with his usual dry humour, exemplified by Bob the amnesiac Titan janitor's description of his job: "Bob, mop up these tortured souls. Bob, a zombie exploded in the dining room ...'

'The House of Hades' gives a truly original portrayal of love and of the love god Cupid. AT LAST Leo (one of my favourite characters) gets a love story, and the tale of the developing feelings between the two of them is incredibly sweet. My one issue with Riordan's exploration of feelings between characters is that his presentation of Nico's crush as some kind of life-shattering, shameful secret is probably not helpful to kids in similar positions.

Moving on from the lovey-dovey /tortured-soul stuff, there are some fantastic fight scenes in which Rick Riordan masterfully builds his characters through their actions and decisions. Frank grows in stature when he takes the lead of the ghostly Roman army; and Annabeth's luring of Nix's children into a 'darkness competition' so she and Percy can slip away, is a brilliant illustration of her smart thinking.

All in all, a well-written, hilarious, 5 star-tastic tale of adventure.

I was genuinely sad when "The Argo II sailed into the night," knowing that I won't be able to find out what happens next for another year.

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