The Last Olympian

The Last Olympian is the fifth novel in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians sequence. Percy and the other demigods defend Manhattan and Olympus against the forces of Kronos as the prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds. The large conflict also brings earlier friendships, grievances, and promises to a point of decision. Modern city landmarks become settings for an invented continuation of Greek mythological conflict. Questions of recognition, responsibility, and the possibility of choosing differently give the conclusion a personal dimension beyond the outcome of battle.