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House of Hades

  • 2013 first published
  • 597 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (125 ratings)
  • 35 editions

Published in 2013, House of Hades is a romantasy and mythic fiction novel by Rick Riordan. The story is set in Tartarus and Camp Half-Blood. It features Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Leo Valdez. Readers will find themes of Roman Mythology, Greek Mythology, camps and Greek & Roman.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 125 ratings, and 815 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 35 editions across 10 languages.

At about 597 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.

About House of Hades

Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide to take, they have to hurry, because time is running out. Gaea, the bloodthirsty Earth Mother, has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power. Annabeth and Percy are overwhelmed. How will the two of them make it through Tartarus? Starving, thirsty, and in pain, they are barely able to stumble on in the dark and poisonous landscape that holds new horrors at every turn. They have no way of locating the Doors of Death. Even if they did, a legion of Gaea's strongest monsters guards the Doors on the Tartarus side. Annabeth and Percy can't exactly launch a frontal assault. Despite the terrible odds, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy know that there is only one choice: to attempt the impossible. Not just for themselves, but for everyone they love. Even though love can be the riskiest choice of all. Join the demigods as they face their biggest challenges yet in The House of Hades, the hair-raising penultimate book in the best-selling Heroes of Olympus series.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Tartarus
  • Camp Half-Blood
  • Camp Jupiter

Characters

Subjects

  • Roman Mythology
  • Greek Mythology
  • Quests, Expeditions
  • Camps
  • Fantasy & Magic
  • Action & Adventure
  • Legends, Myths, Fables
  • Greek & Roman
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Mythologie romaine
  • Mythologie grecque
  • Roman adolescent anglais
  • Greek Gods
  • Mitología romana
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Mitología griega

Quick answers

Who wrote House of Hades?

House of Hades was written by Rick Riordan and first published in 2013.

What genre is House of Hades?

It is usually shelved as Romantasy, Myth & Legend Fiction and Adventure.

How long is House of Hades?

The median edition has 597 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to House of Hades?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Percy Jerkson The Ovolactovegetarians and A Touch of Darkness.

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