Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (; born June 5, 1964) is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, about a twelve-year-old Percy Jackson who discovers he is a son of Greek God Poseidon. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. 20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson series as part of a series of films. His books have spawned related media, such as graphic novels and short story collections.
Riordan's first full-length novel was Big Red Tequila, which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series. His big breakthrough was The Lightning Thief (2005), the first novel in the five-volume Percy Jackson series, which placed a group of adolescents in a Greco-Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written The Kane Chronicles trilogy and The Heroes of Olympus series. The Kane Chronicles (2010-2012) focused on Egyptian mythology; The Heroes of Olympus was the sequel to the Percy Jackson series. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones (2008). His most recent publications are three books in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, based on Norse mythology. The first book of his The Trials of Apollo series based on Greek mythology, The Hidden Oracle, was released in May 2016.
5. og sidste bind i serien om den bøvede Lester, der kæmper for at genoprette sin guddommelige status (og blive lækker igen).
Neros tårn er femte og sidste bind i serien Apollons prøvelser. Serien henvender sig til alle fans af Rick Riordans univers og er spækket med humor og action til alle læseglade drenge og piger.
For at straffe Apollon har Zeus gjort ham menneskelig og bortvist ham fra Olympen. Så kan han lære det! Uden sine guddommelige kræfter må den 4000 år gamle gud lære at overleve i nutidens verden som almindelig teenager. Han får først sin gudestatus igen, når han har bragt orden i de 5 orakler, som ikke længere virker. Men hvorfor virker de ikke? Og hvilke mægtige kræfter har ødelagt dem?
Apollon, nu kendt som Lester, står over for den sidste og afgørende prøve for at genoprette sin gudommelige status. Men det er ikke let at fremstå som en klassisk helt, når man har bumser, kæmper lidt med vægten og værst af alt: er menneske!
Fra ca. 11 år
I serien Apollons prøvelser:
Det skjulte orakel (1)
Den dunkle profeti (2)
Den brændende labyrint (3)
Tyrannens gravkammer (4)
Neros tårn (5)
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