The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo, #4)

by Rick Riordan

The fourth book in Rick Riordan's The Trial of Apollo series. The bestselling top 10 hardback, now available in paperback!

Things are getting very bad, very fast, for Apollo . . .

The former God Apollo is having a pretty rough time of it. Well, for one thing, he's been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. And he's called Lester. But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of his worries right now.

Though he and some of his friends have emerged from the Burning Maze, rescued the Oracle and lived to fight another day, they can't escape the tragedy that has befallen them, or the terrible trials still to face.

So, with heavy heart, Apollo (OK, Lester) and Meg have a triumvirate still to defeat, oracles to rescue, and prophecies to decipher, so that the world may be saved, and Lester may ascend into the heavens to become Apollo once again.

But, right now, Caligula is sailing to San Francisco to deal with Camp Jupiter personally, and they have to get there first. Failure would mean its destruction . . .

• ISBN10: 014136405X
• ISBN13: 9780141364056
• Publish Date: 20 August 2020 (first published 24 September 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Puffin
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 480
• Language: English

Reviews

[KitsuneBae]

Hmmmn. Still funny but lacks the ooomph factor.

[thepunktheory]

Full review on my blog!


It's been so long since I read the last books in this series it took me a moment to get back into the groove and remember what was going on. Anyways, after a few chapters, I was back on track and fully immersed in the story.
Rick Riordan managed to nail it once more. The fourth installment of The Trials of Apollo is gripping, thrilling, heartbreaking and funny. It's an amazing continuation of the series and, to be honest, I wouldn't have expected any less from Riordan.
This story is once more very well written and you'll be holding your breath several times. Riordan incorporates some new and interesting bits of Roman history that'll have you on Wikipedia reading up afterward.
Apollo is growing on me more and more with each book. The familiar faces we meet in this book (e.g. Hazel and Frank) are of course already rather dear to me, but even the new characters like Laviana are exceptional.

[lisacee]

It turns out that I never read this Rick Riordan series. This is book of 4, I believe. I was able to figure it out ok and saw some familiar characters, but it just wasn't my thing.

[Stephanie]

You always know what you’re going to get with a Rick Riordan book, and this one doesn’t disappoint. But there was something emotional and melancholy about this one in particular that really resonated with me.