The Hidden Oracle

Unreleased

The Hidden Oracle is the first book in The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan. It is slated to be released on May 3, 2016. It takes place roughly six months after The Blood of Olympus.

Development
Rick Riordan announced that he would be creating a new series on his The Sword of Summer tour, where he announced the title of his new book. On December 11, an excerpt from the third chapter was released exclusively through The Guardian.

Synopsis
''How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor. But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go. . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.''

Plot
Apollo crash lands in a dumpster having very vague memories of what happened to him. All he can remember is that his father, Zeus, is extremely angry at him and has punished him. He checks his wallet and learns that he is now a human named Lester Papadopoulos. Once he is out of the dumpster, two thugs see his wallet and want to steal it. Apollo attempts to fight back and gets knocked back to the ground.

Later, Apollo is saved by a girl, Meg McCaffrey. Apollo decides to walk toward Percy Jackson's home to seek help as they want to get to Camp Half-Blood. As they walk to Percy's apartment, Meg sees "shiny blobs" in the distance and the pair fear that the blobs are spirits stalking them. An eerie atmosphere (of spirits following them) is created. They finally reach a red bricked, five-story flat. Apollo sees a Toyota with Pegasus hoof prints and is certain that this is the home of Percy. They ring the buzzer and are let into the flat. Percy rudely greets Apollo, while Meg hides behind Apollo's back. Apollo reveals that Meg is a demigod who needs to get to Camp Half-Blood, and that earlier Meg saved Apollo from being mugged on the street. Percy sighs and invites Meg and Apollo into his apartment.

Characters

 * Apollo/Lester Papadopoulos
 * Meg McCaffrey
 * Percy Jackson
 * Cade
 * Mikey

Trivia

 * As of this book, Apollo will be the first god to ever have a point of view throughout all three Camp Half-Blood series, an experience that Riordan himself describes as "interesting".