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Rick Riordan recently released a new book trailer for The Son of Neptune, the highly anticipated second book in his Heroes of Olympus series, which releases October 4th. In the video, he talks about what happened in The Lost Hero and what we can expect in the upcoming book. The trailer also includes character art of four new demigods, two boys and two girls. Check [...]
Rick Riordan and James Patterson, both popular authors among kids and adults, appeared last night at a special event in New York. Hosted by Al Roker, the event was held to benefit First Book, an organization that provides books to children in need. As part of his presentation last night, Riordan revealed the cover of his highly anticipated second book in The Heroes of Olympus [...]
The Kane siblings are back and trying to save the world from the dangers of Apophis in The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan. In the time since their adventures in The Red Pyramid, Sadie and Carter have been working to bring in and train other young magicians like themselves. When Carter suddenly receives a warning of impending doom, the siblings jump into action to [...]
With the May 3rd release date of Rick Riordan’s The Kane Chronicles Book Two: The Throne of Fire quickly approaching, Disney Publishing made several announcements about the book today. The big news for fans of the series is that a second sneak peek has now been posted at www.thekanechronicles.com. This excerpt is from Sadie’s perspective (the first chapter is from Carter’s). The other cool news [...]
Good news for those of you anxiously awaiting the second book in Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles series—Riordan recently announced on his blog that the next book will be called The Throne of Fire. You can read the first chapter of the book here. Along with the title and the first chapter, we’re also getting our first look at the cover of The Throne of Fire. [...]
Rick Riordan announced on his official blog and Twitter that the next installment of the Kane Chronicles series will come out on May 3, 2011. This is around the same time of year as the first book in the series, The Red Pyramid, was released this year. The Kane Chronicles follow Sadie and Carter Kane as they battle Egyptian gods in an attempt to save [...]
It’s been said that one of the hardest things to do is to write a sequel to a hit. The expectations are high, and it’s rare to recapture the same magic twice. I can only imagine this pressure is multiplied by a thousand when it’s an author who is writing a follow-up to a highly successful series. This is the challenge Rick Riordan takes [...]
It’s been quite a week for Rick Riordan, as he launched two new entries in the Percy Jackson universe on Tuesday—the Percy Jackson spinoff novel The Lost Hero and The Lightning Thief graphic novel. Check out a free preview of the graphic novel at www.percyjacksonbooks.com/graphicnovel The graphic novel is an adaptation of Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson series. It’s [...]
October is here and that means new books from big name authors like Michael Connelly and John Grisham. Teens also have a lot to look forward to as many of the upcoming book releases this month are highly anticipated YA books. So check out the October books I think you’ll be interested in. Crave: A Novel of the Fallen Angels by J.R. Ward Available October [...]
Rick Riordan recently tweeted about his progress on the second book in The Kane Chronicles series (follow his tweets @camphalfblood). He will wrap up work on the still untitled book this week, and it will be published in May 2011. The Kane Chronicles tells the story of Carter and Sadie Kane, who find that they are descendants of the Egyptian pharaohs. The siblings inherit powers [...]
