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The Burning Maze

The Trials of Apollo, Book 3

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The Burning Maze

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Robbie Daymond
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Book three in the number-one New York Times best-selling Trials of Apollo series

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. Thanks a lot, Dad.

With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor - and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles - somewhere in the American Southwest. There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon....

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Critic reviews

"Just as he has been for the previous two audiobooks in Riordan's Trials of Apollo series, narrator Robbie Daymond is wholly in sync with Apollo's voice.... Daymond creates individual voices for the large cast of supporting characters, including satyr guide Grover, demigod Meg, and dryad Aloe, and listeners will find it hard to press pause as he delivers every twist and turn in Apollo's continuing adventures." (AudioFile)

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it's enjoyable to read and see characters interact, progress, even fail.
there were a lot of heavy messages with a pretty sound delivery.
I absolutely teared up with this one more than once.

great story but a tearjerker.

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Yeah, Uncle Rick? WHAT IN THE ASS WAS THAT!? Not only was that completely not allowed, but it was just rude. Fix it. That's an order

Burning Maze

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I love this narrator, he is the perfect mixture of confident, snarky and nerdy that embodies Apollo. I felt like this was too short and I wish this book was longer. Can’t wait for the next one!

Love this narrator

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Listening to this with my teen son, who is out of the demographic for this but can't quite let the series go. Our thoughts:
- enjoyable for adult and child
- this Apollo series is one of Riordan's best. The unreliable yet likeable narrator is a lot of fun, and the other characters are enjoyable as well.
- Draymond is one of the top two Riordan narrators, and is easily half of the fun
- This one was darker and sadder than Riordan's usual, so I would listen along with a younger child.

Overall, highly recommended and one of Riordan's better series on audio.

Apollo series is one of the best

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I love Rick Riordan and his entire mythoverse. And I love the newest addition as I always do. I love Apollo and his growth and getting to know more about Meg is awesome....but this book kills me!!

Gahhh! Tear out my heart and stomp on it why don’t you!? I didn’t need this and killed me and I’m still crying months after the release and my first read and the audiobook just makes it all the more emotional!!

Tear Out my Heart

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This was a great book, really got me hooked onto it, at first I was confused and the I got it and fell in love.

Maggie Ward

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I listen to books when im at work and I cried how dare you Rick Riordan

sad

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I’ve read all three book series and they are all amazing🤩 Sub to Flamingo/Mr Flim Flam/Albert🦩

I love it

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I love how this book was more serious than others from this universe. Its like the series grew up.

one of my favorites

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The Trials of Apollo series keeps getting better with each book! This was my favorite one yet. It kept me on the edge of my seat, laughing out loud, and wiping away tears.

Better with time

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