5/13/2023 0 Comments The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan![]() We spend the entire book in and around Indianapolis. By that I mean that we did not have the typical quest that is so common in Riordan’s works. My first negative is that the story was very static. Now we get to the negatives, which are unfortunately prevalent. As a history buff I love seeing this new take on the series. Unlike previous series that Riordan has written, the antagonist is not a typical god, but former Roman Emperors. Further, I love the villains in this series. He even introduced some African mythology in a potential hint for a new series, but that is also a negative so more on “Jimmy” a little later. I wish Riordan would have spent a little bit more time on these. Another good part is the introduction of new mythologies, such as the Crete and Minoan gods who predated the Greek societies. ![]() Hopefully this growth will stick and salvage the final book in this trilogy. ![]() The downside of that is that his growth takes basically until the end of the third act, so we get very little of the new and improved Apollo. It takes some very tragic occurrences for him to get there, but Apollo finally grows. Finally, Apollo began to show some growth and began to recognize the value of humanity beyond just amusements for gods. ![]() The fact that he did not grow is my biggest annoyance about the first book in the series, The Hidden Oracle. He started out as the spoiled god of the sun which defined his character in the first of these books. ![]()
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