Waiting a year, sometimes more, for
the next novel is a series can be difficult. Thanks to e-readers though, many authors
are finding a way to appease their readers during the long wait, short novellas
involving the characters from their series. The Son of Sobek by Rick
Riordan is one such novella.
Written with his son, The Son of
Sobek is a short novella that brings together the two main characters of
his best selling series, Percy Jackson and Carter Kane. Told from the
perspective of Carter Kane, the Egyptian wizard and the Greek Demi-God are both
going after the same monster. Mistrusting of one another, they put aside their
differences to fight the creature. Luckily the two are able to take down the
crocodile-like creature, but something is wrong.
The Greeks and Egyptians have
always stayed away from each other, keeping their gods and their monsters to
themselves, but this meeting was not one of chance. Someone is trying to push
the two worlds together, and create chaos.
The two boys leave on good terms, but they both know that
something is going to happen to them and soon. I loved this little novella. It
sets up for the possibility that once Heroes of Olympus is done, a new
series will emerge that combines all the characters and gods. I cannot wait!!
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