#21 in Adventure
The Mark of Athena
- 582
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
The third Heroes of Olympus book is where the series finds its stride: the interplay within the full group of heroes takes centre stage, and the shifting viewpoints, with Percy and Leo the favourites, keep nearly 600 pages moving. Some readers tire of the rivalry between Jason and Percy over who leads, but the string of adventures and the nods to Greek and Roman myth make up for it. Read the two earlier volumes first.
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About the book
The Mark of Athena is a 2012 American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction novel based on Greco-Roman classical mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was published on October 2, 2012, and is the third book in The Heroes of Olympus series, a sequel to the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. It is preceded by The Son of Neptune and followed by The House of Hades. The novel is narrated in the third-person.
Reading order · The Heroes of Olympus
Full order & progress →- The Lost HeroStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - The Son of Neptune
8.48.4 / 10 - The Mark of AthenaThis book
8.58.5 / 10 - The House of Hades
8.78.7 / 10 - The Blood of Olympus
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 1,156 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 8.5 — the Adventure average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 124 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 1K | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Mark of Athena for?
The Mark of Athena sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 582 pages — longer than 56% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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