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Athena called, Annabeth Chase, my own daughter.Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward and knelt at her mother's feet.Athena smiled. You, my daughter, have exceeded all expectations. You have used your wits, your strength, and your courage to defend this city, and our seat of power. It has come to our attention that Olympus is...well, trashed. The Titan lord did much damage that will have to be repaired. We could rebuild it by magic, of course, and make it just as it was. But the gods feel that the city could be improved. We will take this as an opportunity. And you, my daughter, will design these improvements.Annabeth looked up, stunned. My...my lady?Athena smiled wryly. You are an architect, are you not? You have studied the techniques of Daedalus himself. Who better to redesign Olympus and make it a monument that will last for another eon?You mean...I can design whatever I want?As your heart desires, the goddess said. Make us a city for the ages.As long as you have plenty of statues of me, Apollo added.And me, Aphrodite agreed.Hey, and me! Ares said. Big statues with huge wicked swords and-All right! Athena interrupted. She gets the point. Rise, my daughter, official architect of Olympus.
Athena called, Annabeth Chase, my own daughter.Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward and knelt at her mother's feet.Athena smiled. You, my daughter, have exceeded all expectations. You have used your wits, your strength, and your courage to defend this city, and our seat of power. It has come to our attention that Olympus is...well, trashed. The Titan lord did much damage that will have to be repaired. We could rebuild it by magic, of course, and make it just as it was. But the gods feel that the city could be improved. We will take this as an opportunity. And you, my daughter, will design these improvements.Annabeth looked up, stunned. My...my lady?Athena smiled wryly. You are an architect, are you not? You have studied the techniques of Daedalus himself. Who better to redesign Olympus and make it a monument that will last for another eon?You mean...I can design whatever I want?As your heart desires, the goddess said. Make us a city for the ages.As long as you have plenty of statues of me, Apollo added.And me, Aphrodite agreed.Hey, and me! Ares said. Big statues with huge wicked swords and-All right! Athena interrupted. She gets the point. Rise, my daughter, official architect of Olympus.
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About Rick Riordan
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 and the Olympians series, which placed a group of modern-day adolescents in a Greco-Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written The Heroes of Olympus, a sequel to the Percy Jackson series; The Kane Chronicles, a trilogy of similar premise focusing on Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, again a trilogy of similar premise focusing on Norse mythology. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones. In 2021, he published Daughter of the Deep. His third standalone novel, The Sun and the Star, co-written with author Mark Oshiro, was published on May 2, 2023.