“Whoa, buddy!” Leo Valdez pulled the dragon’s reins. He landed on the cupola of the Indiana Statehouse, flapped his metallic wings, and blew a cone of fire that incinerated the state flag right off the flagpole. Yet for some reason, Festus decided he did not like Indiana. Ohio he tolerated, even after our encounter with Potina, the Roman goddess of childhood drinks, who pursued us in the form of a giant red pitcher emblazoned with a smiley face. Pennsylvania he seemed to enjoy, despite our battle with the Cyclopes of Pittsburgh. We’d been traveling west for six weeks, and Festus had never shown such hostility toward a state. When our dragon declared war on Indiana, I knew it was going to be a bad day. Coincidentally (or perhaps not-so-coincidentally, given that this is Rick Riordan,) the state in question has received some pretty bad PR following discriminatory laws in recent years. The novel will open with Lester/Apollo and his team going to a certain state that has inexplicably earned the ire of Festus the robotic dragon. USA Today revealed the cover and also has a lengthy first chapter excerpt up on their site. Don’t be fooled, those long-necked cute creatures can be vicious! Mythical, surprising beasts take hold of the cover image as Apollo and his friends fly on the backs of gryphons above a group of helmeted ostrich soldiers. The cover and first excerpt from Rick Riordan’s second book in The Trials of Apollo series are here! After losing his godly powers and (just barely) adjusting to life among the demigods of Camp Half-Blood, The Dark Prophecy sees Apollo–now going by Lester Papadopoulos– on a quest to find an ancient, darkly infamous Oracle who may be able to help him out. Gryphons, ostriches, and robotic dragons take front and center in first looks at THE DARK PROPHECY!
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