Ben Truong's Reviews > The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth and penultimate book in Percy Jackson and the Olympians series written by Rick Riordan. It follows the adventures of modern-day fifteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson and his friends Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Rachel Dare, and Tyson attempt to stop Luke Castellan and his army from invading Camp Half-Blood through Daedalus' labyrinth by trying to prevent the Ariadne's string from falling into his hands.

Percy Jackson's fourth summer at Camp Half-Blood has his friends, Annabeth Chase and the satyr Grover Underwood furiously working to prevent former camp counselor Luke Castellan from resurrecting Kronos, whose goal is to overthrow the gods.

When the heroes learn that Luke can breach Camp Half-Blood's security through an exit from Daedalus' Labyrinth, they enter the maze in search of the inventor and a way to stop the invasion. Along the way, they encounter a lifetime supply of nightmare-inducing, richly imagined monsters.

The Battle of the Labyrinth is written extremely well, it is far from perfect, but comes rather close. Riordan improves in his writing with his strengths is the wry interplay between the real and the surreal. The wit, rousing swordplay and breakneck pace is rather addicting and hard to put down.

All in all, The Battle of the Labyrinth is written extremely well and is a wonderful continuation to what would hopefully be a wonderful series, which I plan to continue in the very near future.