Giveaway: Summer of Magic and Mazes

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Disney-Hyperion is partnering with me for this awesome giveaway! New books and new covers from Rick Riordan!

Featured Rick Riordan Titles

The Trials of Apollo (Book 3): The Burning Maze (in stores May 1^st)

The Kane Chronicles: Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual (in stores May 1^st)

The Kane Chronicles Trilogy (series re-design in stores now!)

 

The Burning Maze

The Trials of Apollo Book #3

 

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad.

 

Friends both familiar and new will emerge in The Burning Maze, Book Three of the New York Times #1 best-selling Trials of Apollo series, a twisty adventure featuring a hapless god who somehow still manages to think he's red-hot.

 

More about The Trials of Apollo series:

• An Olympian Comes to Earth: The protagonist is nothing less than Apollo himself! Well, actually, he’s a mortal sixteen-year-old trying to earn his way back into Zeus’s favor by restoring five oracles. How will he manage without his godly powers?

 

• A Godly POV: Apollo narrates the adventure; the disparity between his godly assumptions and his disappointing reality is hilarious.

 

• Favorite Demigods Are Back! All of the beloved characters from Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter will aid Apollo in his quest over the course of five books.

 

• New Demigods Are Introduced, including Apollo’s sidekick, a twelve-year-old girl named Meg who is secretive about her past—and is Apollo’s secret weapon.

 

• Viperous Villains will complicate matters for our heroes as they search for the ancient Oracles.

 

Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual

The Kane Chronicles Companion

Calling all young magicians of Egypt! If the blood of the pharaohs runs in your veins, you can't afford to be without this guide to Ancient Egyptian deities and creatures, and Carter and Sadie Kane's world of magic. Featuring fans’ favorite human, divine, and animal characters for the bestselling Kane Chronicles trilogy, Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual offers info about Egyptian mythology in laugh-out-loud entries with surprises throughout, including snarky comments from Sadie Kane and a dastardly plot by an old enemy.

 

More about Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual:

 

• Tie-in to Best-Selling Kane Chronicles Trilogy featuring fans' favorite human, divine, and animal characters.

 

• Offers Info About Egyptian Mythology in laugh-out-loud entries from favorite characters.

 

• Has Surprises Running Throughout, including snarky comments from Sadie Kane and a dastardly plot by an old enemy.

 

The Kane Chronicles Trilogy

The Red Pyramid #1 | The Throne of Fire #2 | The Serpent’s Shadow #3

Series first launched in 2011

New cover designs released April 3, 2018

 

Fans of Rick Riordan's Greek & Roman and Norse mythology adventures will love his funny and exciting take on Ancient Egypt in the Kane Chronicles trilogy, now with dynamic new cover artwork and Percy Jackson-Kane Chronicles crossover stories.

 

More about The Kane Chronicles series:

 

• Mysteries of Ancient Egypt: Egyptian mythology is more widely studied in school curriculum than ancient Greece. Both familiar and loaded with mystique, ancient Egypt is the perfect backdrop for Rick's imaginative brand of storytelling. Readers will leap at this real-world portal into the rich fantastical world of ancient myth.
• More of the Good Stuff: Rick combines all his fortes--witty, relatable heroes, gods & monsters, prophecies, curses, and non-stop action--in this best-selling hit 
  

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Confirmed Prizing

Summer of Magic and Mazes!

One (1) winner receives a “Summer of Magic and Mazes” beach tote plus seven Rick Riordan books!

• The Trials of Apollo series -- with an autographed copy of The Burning Maze!
• The Kane Chronicles trilogy – plus new companion book Brooklyn House Magician’s Manual!

 

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Giveaway: Hammer of Thor

 ABOUT THE HAMMER OF THOR

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: Book 2

By Rick Riordan

Release: October 4, 2016

The second installment in Rick Riordan's blockbuster Norse mythology series has Magnus and friends helping the god of thunder find his missing weapon before all Muspellheim breaks loose.

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer's return is the gods' worst enemy, Loki--and the price he wants is very high.

ABOUT THE COMPANION BOOK

For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds (An Official Rick Riordan Companion Book): Your Introduction to Deities, Mythical Beings & Fantastic Creatures

Release: August 16, 2016

So you've made it to Valhalla.  Now what?

This “who’s who” guide to the gods, goddesses, and other important figures of Norse mythology was commissioned by Helgi, who, after more than a millennium as manager of Hotel Valhalla, became fed up with answering the same questions from newly deceased heroes at check-in. The profiles provide essential stats, interviews, and personal reflections so you can identify the gods and avoid those awkward introductions. Handy facts about other beings round out this go-to tome. You’ll never see Ratatosk as a cute little rodent or confuse a dwarf with an elf ever again!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of three #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with 45 million copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, based on Greek mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology; and the Heroes of Olympus, based on Greek and Roman mythology. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. The first book in his Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard trilogy based on Norse mythology, The Sword of Summer, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times list. Rick lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @camphalfblood. 

LEARN MORE

Visit ReadRiordan.com

Read the first chapter of The Hammer of Thor here!

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WIN IT!

One (1) winner receives:

·         a copy of Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor

·         a copy of official companion book: For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds

·         Hammer of Thor pen

·         Hotel Valhalla Swell-Style water bottle

·         Hotel Valhalla luggage tag

·         Hotel Valhalla t-shirt

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Top Ten Reasons to Gift Percy Jackson this Holiday Season

PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (Series)

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse--Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends--one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena--Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

10 Years of Readers can't be wrong:  Here are my favorites:

1. Fantastic Spin on Mythology
2. Insults: where else do you hear Seaweed Brain?
3. Action - Adventure - Danger
4. Quests
5. Monsters
6. Saving the World
7. Summer Camp that Rocks
8. Percy struggles to find himself in this world
9. Blue Food
10. Rick Riordan is a really nice guy

RICK RIORDAN ONLINE

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GIVEAWAY: Happy Holidays from Rick Riordan!

One (1) winner receives:

·         Copy of MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD

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ABOUT THE BOOK

MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD: THE SWORD OF SUMMER

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he’s tracked down by an uncle he’s never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. His uncle tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants, and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarök, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . .