Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

We are delighted to host New York Times #1 best-selling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro for The Court of the Dead, a new adventure in which Nico di Angelo teams up with his half-sister Hazel Levesque to protect…monsters?

A few months after returning from the depths of Tartarus, demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace agree to join Nico’s half-sister Hazel Levesque at Camp Jupiter on the West Coast. She needs their help in managing a situation that the boys inadvertently brought about: they showed the monsters of the Underworld that they don’t have to be evil.

Now some of those monsters have taken up residence at Camp Jupiter to seek refuge. Nico and Will are on site assisting Hazel when monsters start disappearing from camp one by one. A mysterious dark force is at work, and its plan is to punish all monsters for their past crimes.

Things only get worse when Nico, Will, and Hazel learn that they’re all connected to it.… Now, Nico and Will must endure the terrors of Tartarus to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure co-written by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro.

All books will be pre-signed by Rick and Mark. There will not be a signing or meet-and-greet.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Rick Riordan (he/him), dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, all based on Greek and Roman mythology. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow his news on RickRiordan.com.

Mark Oshiro (they/them) is the author of the young adult books Anger Is a Gift, winner of the 2019 Schneider Family Book Award, and Each of Us A Desert, an NPR Best Book of 2020. Their middle grade books include The Insiders, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and You Only Live Once, David Bravo. When not writing, they are trying to achieve their life goal of petting every dog in the world. Mark is based in Atlanta, Georgia and their website is MarkOshiro.com.

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