Prophecy given to Apollo and Meg by the Grove of Dodona in The Hidden Oracle, which refers to the events of The Dark Prophecy. Meg summons the closest satyr using her powers, who turns out to be Grover Underwood. Meg reveals a prophecy in the form of a Shakespearan sonnet, which tells them that they must warn Camp Jupiter of an attack in five days and will have to travel in the Labyrinth with the assistance of a satyr. Apollo manages to reveal his true divine form, blinding Commodus and his men who are forced to flee. Commodus does not pay heed to Apollo's words. Apollo feels a surge of godly strength inside him and warns Commodus to stand down. Apollo finds Commodus fighting Josephine, Calypso, Lit, and Thalia while holding Leo, Hemithea, and Georgina hostage. Peaches the karpoi and his friends drive them to the Waystation in time for battle. Apollo pleads with Trophonius to take him instead of Meg, to which Trophonius agrees in return for a wish, but gives her the prophecy anyway.Īpollo performs CPR on Meg and destroys the Oracle, fulfilling Trophonius's wish. Meg sings a song of her sorrows which jogs Apollo back to reality and awakens the spirit of Trophonius.
At the Oracle, Apollo drinks from both the River of Memory and of Forgetfulness to prepare himself for taking the prophecy, but which also makes him lose his sanity for the time being. Apollo and Meg decide to travel to the Oracle for the prophecy, while the rest defend the Waystation. He refers to Georgina as a sister, leading everyone to believe she is Apollo's daughter. They take everyone back to the Waystation, where Georgina relays a recorded message instead of a prophecy by Trophonius, who is revealed to be Apollo's son. They manage to escape with the help of Festus and the Huntresses of Artemis and rescue Lit, who was to be executed. They search for the Throne of Memory and find it, but they are discovered by Commodus.
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Apollo then picks up Meg on his griffin while Lityerses is trampled, and the three go to the Waystation.Īpollo, Leo, and Meg head to Commodus's lair and free all the captured animals and prisoners, including Georgina. Meg McCaffrey arrives just in time and duels with Lityerses until Apollo releases the rest of the caged animals. The duo manages to rescue the griffins but is cornered by Lityerses, Commodus' man and the son of King Midas who holds a grudge against Leo for his role in Midas' second death and Lityerses getting turned into a golden statue. Britomartis, the goddess of nets and owner of the Waystation, issues Apollo and Calypso a quest to rescue the griffins stolen by Commodus. Instead, she receives a message that damages her mind and causes her to wander away. Their adopted daughter Georgina went missing after searching for the Oracle of Trophonius to receive a prophecy to prevent the Emperor Commodus from taking their griffins. He learns that she is in a relationship with Josephine and the two of them have sacrificed their immortality as Hunters for love and are living as mortals. His gift rejected when she joined the Hunters of Artemis. They are rescued from a group of attacking blemmyae by Hemithea and invited into the Waystation, in the Indianapolis Union Station, where Apollo recalls answering to Hemithea’s prayer back when she was a Greek princess and turning Hemithea into a goddess, only to have Six weeks after losing Meg McCaffrey to Nero and receiving the first prophecy, Apollo, Leo, Festus and Calypso are headed on a journey to stop Nero, the Beast, from controlling all of the oracles. During its first week of release, The Dark Prophecy sold about 63,000 copies, reaching the top of The New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. The novel received positive reviews from critics for its slow pace, humor and diverse characters. Along with Meg McCaffrey, he journeys to the Oracle of Trophonius in Indianapolis and later settles his personal feud with Commodus, the second Emperor of the Triumvirate Holdings. The book takes off from where The Hidden Oracle ended, wherein Apollo continues his search as a human teenager to restore the Oracles of Ancient Greece that have gone dark in order to regain his immortality.
To date, The Dark Prophecy has been translated into 7 languages from its original English. It has been published in hardcover, paperback, audiobook, ebook, and large-print editions. The book and its cover art by John Rocco were first announced in 2016. It was published on May 2, 2017, and is the second book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
The Dark Prophecy is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. Print ( hardback, paperback, audiobook CD, e-book) (hardcover, audiobook CD, Kindle/Nook eBook)
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