As they cross the state line, Lu escorts them to the bathroom, revealing that she is helping them to escape. Lu explains that Nero used the Oracle of Delphi to see when they would reach the city and put teams on every train station, bus station, and airport to catch them when they do. However, before entering, Lu tells Apollo and Meg to use the bathroom when they enter New York. They are taken to the concessions car where another half-dozen Germani are waiting and the two are put in a booth. It is revealed that Meg and the Gaul, Luguselwa, know one another. Apollo turns around to see a Germani named Gunther, and a Gaul holding Meg at sword point. Must show the secret way unto the throne.Īfter doing so, it snaps out of a trance and is shot with an arrow and killed. The son of Hades, cavern-runners’ friend, It then recites the next part of the terza rima prophecy they received from Tyson and Ella. The Amphisbaena is still on the train as they reach Philadelphia. Apollo goes over to the creature under the guise of using the bathroom and as he gets close, it grabs him. He tries to tell Meg about it, but she orders him to shush. Apollo sees an Amphisbaena, a snake with a head on each end, get on the train and stares at them. Plot Reunion on a TrainĪpollo and Meg McCaffrey are in the quiet car of an Amtrak pulling out of Union Station in Washington, D.C. in order to head to New York City.
They must face the last emperor, the terrifying Nero, and destroy him once and for all.Ĭan Apollo find his godly form again? Will Meg be able to face up to her troubled past?ĭestiny awaits. They're heading back to where their troubles began: Manhattan. Now Apollo and Meg must get ready for the final - and, let's face it, probably fatal - adventure. And somehow Apollo has made it out alive.īut though the battle may have been won, the war is far from over. Tarquin and his army of the undead have been defeated. PENGUIN BOOKSĪfter spending six months as a teenager named Lester, Apollo is now reaching his endgame (thank the gods). Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo face his arch-nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist? These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting. Lester‘s final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Will the Greek God Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic mortal form of Lester Papadopolous, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester’s demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. The Barnes & Noble edition of the book includes a poster of various monsters Apollo encounters in the series.Īt last, the breathtaking, action packed-finale of the #1 bestselling Trials of Apollo is here! Robbie Daymond will narrate the audiobook.
On September 29 and October 2, 2020, information has been released about the book by Rick Riordan himself. A sample was added on Apple Books on September 25, 2020, which gave us the third chapter of the book. On February 14, 2020, published the exclusive first two chapters from the book.