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This article is about the book. For the actual tower, see Nero's Tower.

The Tower of Nero is the fifth and final book in The Trials of Apollo series and, as of now, the last main series book in the Camp Half-Blood Series. It is set to be released on October 6, 2020.

This article is written from a real world point of view.

Development

On February 14, 2020, hypable.com published the exclusive first two chapters from the book.^[1]

Summary

Reunion on a Train

Apollo and Meg McCaffrey are in the quiet car of an Amtrak pulling out of Union Station in Washington, D.C. to head to New York City. Apollo sees an Amphisbaena, a snake with a head on each end, get on and stares at them. He tries to tell Meg about it, but she shushes him. After the amphisbaena is still on when they reach Philadelphia, he goes over under the guise of using the bathroom and when he gets close it grabs him and recites the next part of the terza rima prophecy they received from Tyson and Ella.

The son of Hades, cavern-runners’ friend,

Must show the secret way unto the throne.

On Nero’s own your lives do now depend.

After doing so, it snaps out of a trance and is shot with an arrow and killed. Apollo turns around to see a Germani, Gunther, and a Gaul with Meg at sword point. Meg and the Gaul, Luguselwa, are revealed to know one another.

They are taken to the concessions car where another half dozen Germani are waiting and put in a booth. However before entering, Lu tells Apollo and Meg to use the bathroom when they enter New York. Lu explains Nero used the oracle of Delphi to see when they would reach the city and put teams on every train station, bus station, and airport to catch them when they do. As they cross the state line, Lu escorts them to the bathroom, revealing that she is helping them to escape. Lu and Meg fight in a mock duel to show the Germani that they are still rivals, when the truth is something else. Meanwhile, Apollo holds the door of the cabin shut, and with his newly acquired bow from Camp Jupiter, manages to disconnect the cabin they jumped into from the Germani's.

Characters

Chapter List

Two-headed snake dude/Jamming up my quiet ride/Also, Meg’s shoes stink
Pastries for dinner?/ Your fave Lester could never/Got to pee. Later.

Trivia

This is the only book in The Trials of Apollo series to have “of” in the title.
- This is also the only book in The Trials of Apollo to have more than three words in its title.
Apollo comments on the existence of Celtic Gods in the second chapter.
The book was originally stated to be released on September 29th, 2020, but was moved back a week.

References

The Trials of Apollo
Core Series:	The Hidden Oracle \| The Dark Prophecy \| The Burning Maze \| The Tyrant's Tomb \| The Tower of Nero
Main Characters:	Apollo/Lester Papadopolous \| Meg McCaffrey \| Percy Jackson \| Peaches \| Leo Valdez \| Calypso \| Grover Underwood \| Piper McLean \| Jason Grace \| Reyna Ramírez-Arellano \| Frank Zhang \| Hazel Levesque \| Lavinia Asimov \| Nico di Angelo \| Will Solace \| Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Secondary Characters:	Chiron \| Austin Lake \| Kayla Knowles \| Hemithea \| Josephine \| Georgina \| Lityerses \| Trophonius \| Gleeson Hedge \| Mellie \| Chuck Hedge \| Medea \| Herophile \| Crest \| Don \| Tyson \| Ella \| Tarquin \| Luguselwa \| Claudia \| Janice \| Blaise
Minor Characters:	Sally Jackson \| Thalia Grace \| Mrs. O'Leary \| Festus \| Cade \| Mikey \| Harley \| Connor Stoll \| Miranda Gardiner \| Cecil Markowitz \| Ellis Wakefield \| Sherman Yang \| Damien White \| Malcolm Pace \| Paolo Montes \| Valentina Diaz \| Germani \| Agamethus \| Olujime \| Phillip McCaffrey \| Hunter Kowalski \| Sssssarah \| Prickly Pear \| Aloe Vera \| Joshua \| Naevius Sutorius Macro \| Incitatus \| Tristan McLean \| Bombilo \| Aurum \| Argentum \| Julia \| Jacob \| Dakota \| Poison Oak \| Screech-Bling \| Annabeth Chase \| Elon \| Mamurius Veturius \| Mimi
Olympian Gods (Greek & Roman):	Zeus/Jupiter \| Hera/Juno \| Poseidon/Neptune \| Demeter/Ceres \| Ares/Mars \| Athena/Minerva \| Apollo/Apollo (Roman) \| Artemis/Diana \| Hephaestus/Vulcan \| Aphrodite/Venus \| Hermes/Mercury \| Dionysus/Bacchus \| Hades/Pluto
Minor Gods:	Nero \| Commodus \| Caligula \| Iris \| Britomartis \| Styx \| Terminus \| Lupa \| Terpsichore \| Harpocrates \| Cardea
Titans:	Rhea \| Leto \| Mnemosyne \| Helios
Monsters and Magical Creatures:	Python \| Nosoi \| Karpos \| Palikos \| Myrmekes \| Colossus Neronis \| Blemmyae \| Gryphon \| Carthaginian Serpent \| Scythian Dracaena \| Cynocephali \| Centaur \| Cyclops \| Yale \| Satyr/Faun \| Strix \| Dryad \| Dragon \| Pandai \| Eurynomos \| Skeleton Warriors \| Vrykolakai \| Khromandae \| Amphisbaena \| Troglodyte \| Tauri Sylvestres
Related Content:	Rick Riordan \| Percy Jackson and the Olympians \| The Heroes of Olympus \| Demigods & Magicians \| Camp Half-Blood Confidential \| Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal \| Percy Jackson Demigod Collection \| Un Natale Mezzosangue \| The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure

[1] ttps://www.hypable.com/tower-of-nero-cover-chapter-1-2/

[2] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/B-POu0InjAy/

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 {{Infobox Book
 |name = The Tower of Nero
+|image = <gallery>
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 |author = [[Rick Riordan]]
 |cover artist = [[John Rocco]]
 |publisher = [[Hachette Books]]
-|release date = September 29, 2020
+|release date = October 6, 2020
 |preceded by = ''[[The Tyrant's Tomb]]''
 |followed by = None}}
-'''The Tower of Nero''' is the fifth and final book in [[The Trials of Apollo]] series and, as of now, the last main series book in the [[Camp Half-Blood series (franchise)|Camp Half-Blood Series]]. It is set to be released on September 29, 2020.
+'''The Tower of Nero''' is the fifth and final book in ''[[The Trials of Apollo]]'' series and, as of now, the last main series book in the [[Camp Half-Blood series (franchise)|Camp Half-Blood Series]]. It is set to be released on October 6, 2020.
+{{Real world}}
+==Development==
+On February 14, 2020, hypable.com published the exclusive first two chapters from the book.<ref>https://www.hypable.com/tower-of-nero-cover-chapter-1-2/</ref>
+==Summary==
+===Reunion on a Train===
+[[Apollo]] and [[Meg McCaffrey]] are in the quiet car of an [[Amtrak]] pulling out of [[Washington Union Station|Union Station]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] to head to New York City. Apollo sees an [[Amphisbaena]], a snake with a head on each end, get on and stares at them. He tries to tell Meg about it, but she shushes him. After the amphisbaena is still on when they reach [[Philadelphia]], he goes over under the guise of using the bathroom and when he gets close it grabs him and recites the next part of the terza rima [[prophecy]] they received from [[Tyson]] and [[Ella]].
+<center>
+''The son of Hades, cavern-runners’ friend,''
+''Must show the secret way unto the throne.''
+''On Nero’s own your lives do now depend.''
+</center>
+After doing so, it snaps out of a trance and is shot with an arrow and killed. Apollo turns around to see a [[Germani]], [[Gunther]], and a [[Gauls|Gaul]] with Meg at sword point. Meg and the Gaul, [[Luguselwa]], are revealed to know one another.
+They are taken to the concessions car where another half dozen Germani are waiting and put in a booth. However before entering, Lu tells Apollo and Meg to use the bathroom when they enter [[New York (State)|New York]]. Lu explains Nero used the [[oracle of Delphi]] to see when they would reach the city and put teams on every train station, bus station, and airport to catch them when they do. As they cross the state line, Lu escorts them to the bathroom, revealing that she is helping them to escape. Lu and Meg fight in a mock duel to show the Germani that they are still rivals, when the truth is something else. Meanwhile, Apollo holds the door of the cabin shut, and with his newly acquired bow from [[Camp Jupiter]], manages to disconnect the cabin they jumped into from the Germani's.
 ==Characters==
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 *[[Nero]]
 *[[Python]]
+*[[Nico di Angelo]]
+*[[Will Solace]]<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B-POu0InjAy/</ref>
+*[[Rachel Elizabeth Dare]]
+*[[Kayla Knowles]]
+*[[Austin Lake]]
+*[[Ben]]
+*[[Gauls]]
+**[[Luguselwa]]
+*[[Germani]]
+**[[Gunther]]
+*[[Amphisbaena]]
+== Chapter List ==
+# '''Two-headed snake dude/Jamming up my quiet ride/Also, Meg’s shoes stink '''
+# '''Pastries for dinner?/ Your fave Lester could never/Got to pee. Later. '''
 ==Trivia==
 *This is the only book in ''The Trials of Apollo ''series to have “of” in the title.
 **This is also the only book in ''The Trials of Apollo ''to have more than three words in its title.
+*Apollo comments on the existence of Celtic Gods in the second chapter.
+*The book was originally stated to be released on September 29th, 2020, but was moved back a week.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Trials of Apollo}}
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