Percy Jackson - The Last Goddess

Percy Jackson - The Last Goddess (Original title: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Last Olympian) is a fantasy novel by the American youth author Rick Riordan. It is the fifth part of the Percy Jackson series after Thieves in Olympus , Under the Spell of the Cyclops , The Curse of the Titan and The Battle of the Labyrinth . The book was published in 2009, the German translation by Gabriele Haefs was published by Carlsen Verlag in 2011. The main character is Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon .

background

The book was published in 2009 and the German version was also published in 2011. It has been included in the bestseller list by several US media outlets. The story is told from the first person perspective , from the perspective of almost sixteen year old Percy Jackson.

content

Percy Jackson is sent off with Charles Beckendorf, a son of Hephaestus , to destroy a ship full of monsters and the Titan Kronos . The mission succeeds, but Beckendorf dies and Percy passes out into the realm of Poseidon, who is at war. He orders Percy to return to Camp Half-Blood and listen to the great prophecy. At camp, Percy learns that the giant Typhon has escaped from his prison and is on his way to destroy Olympus . Although the gods try to stop him, he destroys many cities. Shortly afterwards Percy is taken to the underworld by the son of Hades , Nico Di Angelo , to take the curse of Achilles on himself. But he is betrayed and taken to Hades, who locks him up and denies him information about the war. With the help of the son of Hades, Percy frees himself, bathes in the Styx and thus becomes invulnerable. He orders Nico to stay with his father and persuade him to fight.

At the Empire State Building he gathers all Greek demigods except for the children of Ares . Together they fend off the invasion of Kronos. The hunters of Artemis , children of Ares, the centaurs , Hades and the dead join the defenders but are gradually overwhelmed. During a brief correspondence with Poseidon, Percy convinces him to leave his realm and support the gods against Typhon. In the end, Kronos, who has taken possession of the demigod Luke Castellan, seals Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover the satyr and the huntress Thalia Grace from Manhattan . Kronos tries to destroy the thrones of the gods on Olympus, but Percy prevents him. In the end, he defeats Kronos in a sword fight, but cannot kill him because his body has bathed Luke Castellan in the Styx and is invulnerable. But when Kronos tries to take on his true form and thereby kill everyone, including his host body, Luke briefly gains control of his body and persuades Percy to give him a weapon. Percy gives Luke a dagger with which he wounds his body at the weak point that only he knows, killing himself and Kronos. However, he makes a promise to Percy before he dies. To the end there is an uncertainty as to how much Luke will reciprocate Annabeth's crushes.

The gods who defeated Typhon with the help of Poseidon grant Percy Jackson a wish. He fulfills his promise and wishes that all gods have to recognize their children so that there are no more unknown demigods. In addition, all minor gods as well as Hades should get a hut for their children in Camp Half-Blood. Percy decides against the immortality offered to him.

At the end of the book, Percy's human friend Rachel Elizabeth Dare decides to become the new oracle of the half-blood camp. Annabeth and Percy, who fell in love over the course of the series, become a couple. Rachel, meanwhile introduced as a new oracle by the god Apollo, proclaims a prophecy that speaks of a renewed rescue of Olympus by seven demigods. However, the point in time when this prediction will come true remains unclear.

Manifestations

Percy Jackson - The Last Goddess was published as a book and e-book by Carlsen Verlag . It was also published as an audio book, read by Marius Clarén .

characters

Demigods on the side of Olympus

Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon
Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena
Malcolm Pace, son of Athena as well as the rest of the Athene hut
Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus
Jake Mason, son of Hephaestus and the rest of the Hephaestus hut (at least one other unknown member)
Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite and the rest of the Aphrodite hut (at least four other female members)
Michael Yew, son of Apollo
Will Solace, son of Apollo
Austin Lakes, son of Apollo
Kayla Knowles, daughter of Apollo
Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares and the rest of the Ares hut
Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades
Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus ,
Travis Stoll, son of Hermes
Connor Stoll, son of Hermes
Chris Rodriguez, son of Hermes and the rest of the Hermes hut
Katie Gardner, daughter of Demeter
Miranda Gardiner, daughter of Demeter and the rest of the Demeter hut
Pollux, son of Dionysus
Grover Underwood, the satyr and several nature spirits
Tyson, the Cyclops and the other underwater inhabitants and Cyclops of Poseidon's palace.

Gods on the side of Olympus

Others on the side of Olympus

Living Statues (Automaton)
Party ponies (Modern Centaurs)
Artemis hunters
The dead

Demigods on the side of the titans

Luke Castellan, son of Hermes
Ethan Nakamura, son of the nemesis
countless others (but not named in the book)

Gods on the side of the titans

Titans

Others on the side of the titans

Countless number of monsters from Greek mythology

expenditure

Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Last Olympian. Disney / Hyperion Books, New York 2009, ISBN 1-4231-0147-2 .
Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson: The Last Goddess. Volume 5. Carlsen, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-55585-4 .