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Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Crius and the Night of Fright (Heroes in Training, 9)

This is the ninth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). Once again the group of Olympians needs to battle Cronus’ solders while trying to find Artemis, Apollo’s twin. Artemis is held under a special sleeping spell and the Olympians need to free her from her keeper and escape from his company of special warriors. Zeus will discover his great power and the responsibility that comes with it. He must learn (...)

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YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Hephaestus and the Island of Terror (Heroes in Training, 10)

This is the tenth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 10)). The Olympians are headed to Lemnos to find Artemis’ bows and arrows. On the deserted island they encounter another Olympian, Hephaestus, who presents himself as the ruler of the island due to his many mechanical inventions. Hephaestus is haughty and a braggart, and quickly challenges Zeus for the leadership of the Olympians. The Olympians must fight the islan(...)

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YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hephaestus Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Zeus

Eliza Raine

The Jinxed Journey (Olympus Academy, 3)

In the third and final installment of the series, the group (Icarus, Zali, Thom, Arketa, Vronti) led by Pandora is headed to find Oceanus on the flyting Tethys, Oceanus’ ship. They soon discover that Pandora’s mum, the sea nymph Kallianassa (a Nereid), also secretly boarded the ship. The journey takes them to a few of Olympus realms: Gemini market’s place (Hermes’ realm) and Aries (Ares’ realm) where they consult the god and also must race in a vicious air-chariot r(...)

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YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Artemis Crius Hermes Icarus Keres Manticore Oceanus / Okeanos Olympus Pandora Phoenix (Bird) Prometheus Zeus