#3 in Myths & legends
The Tower of Nero
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Tower of Nero” brings Apollo’s five-book trial to a rousing, warm-hearted close. Rick Riordan keeps the series’ mix of Greco-Roman myth, quest and friendship, and the mood is hopeful and moving. Some readers finish it already asking what he plans next for this world. As the last volume of “The Trials of Apollo”, it rests on everything before it and is no place to begin.
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About the book
The Tower of Nero is a 2020 American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction novel based on Greco-Roman classical mythology by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on October 6, 2020, and is the fifth and final book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, as well as the final book in the mainline Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.
Reading order · The Trials of Apollo
Full order & progress →- The Hidden OracleStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - The Dark Prophecy
8.08.0 / 10 - The Burning Maze
8.28.2 / 10 - The Tyrant's Tomb
8.38.3 / 10 - The Tower of NeroThis book
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.8 across 204 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Myths & legends average of 8.2. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.3 | 25 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 8.7 | 179 | 88% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Tower of Nero for?
The Tower of Nero sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 416 pages — shorter than 73% of the ranked books in Myths & legends.
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