50 Fun Facts About The Lost Hero

On a field trip to which landmark does Jason Grace wake on a bus with no memory in The Lost Hero?

The Grand Canyon outing ends on its skywalk, where a classmate attacks the trio and their coach is carried off by the attacker.

Which Roman god does Jason Grace recognize as his father when his memory starts to return in The Lost Hero?

Jupiter is the Roman form of Zeus, which is why Jason could be claimed at a Greek camp while really belonging to a rival Roman one.

Which goddess claims Piper McLean as her daughter at the campfire, clearing her to join the quest in The Lost Hero?

Aphrodite later hands Piper a potion that wipes recent memories, which Piper gives her rescued father so he forgets the ordeal.

What name does Leo Valdez give the runaway bronze dragon he tames and fits with wings in The Lost Hero?

Festus comes from the Roman word for happy, an odd fit for a machine that had been running wild in the camp woods.

Which daughter of Athena lands a flying chariot beside Jason, hoping to find her missing boyfriend Percy Jackson?

Annabeth Chase had been searching for three days; instead of Percy she finds three unclaimed demigods and flies them to Camp Half-Blood.

Coach Gleeson Hedge, the gruff chaperone guarding Piper and Leo in The Lost Hero, is secretly what kind of creature?

A satyr sent to protect the two unclaimed demigods, Hedge climbs down the canyon wall to rescue Leo before he is taken captive himself.

Which lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis turns out to be the long-lost older sister of Jason Grace?

Thalia had been told by their mother that Jason was dead, the loss that finally drove her to run away from home.

In which California landmark, sacred to Roman demigods, is Hera held captive at the climax of The Lost Hero?

The Wolf House is a real ruin: a 26-room mansion that burned in 1913, shortly before its novelist owner could move in.

Which ancient goddess, mother of the giants, does Piper learn is the true enemy behind Hera's capture in The Lost Hero?

Gaea has opened the Doors of Death, which is why slain monsters and long-dead villains keep coming back during the quest.

Jason Grace, the amnesiac hero of The Lost Hero, scarred his lip at age two by trying to eat what?

A stapler left the mark when Jason was two, the same age at which he was separated from his family.

Which Camp Half-Blood elder has sworn to keep the Roman demigods secret and so refuses to explain Jason's past?

Chiron is bound by an oath about the old rivalry, and he admits the truth only after the quest and the discovery of Bunker 9.

What is the name of the dagger Piper McLean claims at Camp Half-Blood, whose blade sometimes shows her visions?

Katoptris is ancient Greek for mirror; Piper carries the dagger through the series and later adds a magic cornucopia.

Which figure of Greek legend was the previous owner of the dagger Piper McLean chooses in The Lost Hero?

Helen of Troy makes an ironic former owner, because Piper, unlike most of her siblings, is not obsessed with beauty or fashion.

Which Nevada institution for troubled teens are Piper McLean and Leo Valdez attending when The Lost Hero begins?

Wilderness School takes so-called bad kids, and Leo arrived there after passing through six foster homes.

What is the profession of Tristan McLean, the father Piper sets out to rescue from a giant in The Lost Hero?

A film actor and famous movie star, Tristan McLean returns to work after the rescue with no recollection of his capture.

Which giant holds Piper McLean's father hostage on a California mountain and orders her to betray her friends?

Enceladus was the giant born to oppose Athena; in myth he lies buried under Mount Etna, his breath blamed for its eruptions.

Which king of the giants rises at the end of The Lost Hero by draining the power of the imprisoned Hera?

Porphyrion was born to oppose Zeus himself; Hera's true form forces him to retreat, but nobody at the ruins is able to kill him.

According to The Lost Hero, what is the only thing able to kill one of the giants born to overthrow Olympus?

A god and demigod together is the rule, so Jason cannot finish the giant on the mountain until his father's lightning strikes through him.

Which sorceress of Greek myth runs a Chicago department store in The Lost Hero and rages at the name Jason?

Medea hates the name because the Jason of myth, who won the Golden Fleece with her help, went on to abandon her.

Which resurrected king of legend turns Piper and Leo into statues at his Omaha mansion in The Lost Hero?

Midas has his golden touch back, but Jason calls down rain, and the running water restores every statue in the mansion.

Which goddess betrays Jason, Piper and Leo, having whispered Zeus into sealing off Olympus in The Lost Hero?

Khione, the goddess of snow, first meets the trio in her father's icy penthouse, then turns up at the final battle fighting on the giants' side.

Which wind god receives Jason and Piper in an icy Quebec penthouse, flanked by his sons Zethes and Calais?

Boreas, the north wind, is called Aquilon by the Romans, and the flight from his frozen palace is the scene on the American cover.

Which monsters, led by Ma Gasket, capture Jason and Piper at the Monocle Motors factory in Detroit?

Cyclopes of the northern kind, they lose their mother when Leo drops an engine on her, yet she begins re-forming almost at once.

Dylan, the classmate who attacks Jason, Piper and Leo on the skywalk in The Lost Hero, turns out to be what?

A storm spirit, or ventus, Dylan flees with Coach Hedge as his prisoner; his kind were born when Typhon was sent down to Tartarus.

Which rare and feared power does Leo Valdez hide from his cabinmates, blaming it for his mother's death?

Summoning fire is so rare in his cabin that the previous child to have it is blamed for a famous city blaze in 1666.

What is the name of Piper McLean's rare gift for making listeners do whatever she says in The Lost Hero?

Charmspeak is a kind of magical hypnosis; a cabin rival uses the same gift to bully her siblings until Piper challenges her.

What does Leo Valdez name the flying warship he plans to build with his cabin at the end of The Lost Hero?

The Argo II is inspired by a blueprint found in an abandoned bunker and by a picture Leo made in kindergarten.

Which magical accessory lets Leo Valdez produce whatever an ordinary mechanic's workshop would hold in The Lost Hero?

A tool belt suits a boy described as an excellent mechanic, whose mother was a trained mechanical engineer and inventor.

In what role did Hera, calling herself Tía Callida, watch over Leo Valdez when he was a small child?

His babysitter was no gentle one: she laid him down for a nap in a blazing fireplace and urged him to poke a rattlesnake, until his mother banned her.

Which mortal girl serves as the Oracle at Camp Half-Blood, speaking the prophecies of Delphi, in The Lost Hero?

Rachel Dare is an ordinary mortal born able to see through the Mist, and Hera briefly possesses her to beg Piper for rescue.

Which bullying head counselor does Piper McLean challenge and replace as leader of her cabin in The Lost Hero?

Drew Tanaka had succeeded the late Silena Beauregard and kept her siblings in line with the same hypnotic voice Piper has.

Which Roman goddess appears to Jason Grace in a vision at Camp Half-Blood and calls him her champion?

Juno is Hera's Roman form, and she is the one who took Jason's memories and traded him for a Greek hero.

Which goddess and her pack raised Jason Grace and trained him before he joined the Roman legion?

Lupa, who raised Romulus and Remus in Roman legend, trains the abandoned children of Rome's gods and passes on only those she finds worthy.

Which rank had Jason Grace earned at the Roman camp by age fifteen, putting him in command of the legion?

Praetor made Jason one of the legion's leaders alongside his longtime partner Reyna, a past he recovers only in pieces.

Piper McLean and her father Tristan belong to which Native American nation in The Lost Hero?

Cherokee myths were dear to her late grandfather Thomas, the man who gave Piper her name.

On which California mountain do Jason, Piper and Leo fight the giant who is holding Tristan McLean prisoner?

Mount Diablo is where Piper frees her father, who is then given a potion so that he forgets everything he saw.

Which werewolf king, cursed by Zeus in myth, attacks the heroes of The Lost Hero until silver arrows drive his pack off?

Lycaon was turned into a beast for serving Zeus human flesh; in the novel he tries to seize Jason until the Hunters arrive.

Which American novelist does The Lost Hero call a son of Mercury and the builder of the ruin where Hera is caged?

Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild, and his real dream home in Sonoma Valley burned in 1913 before he could move in.

Which injured head counselor steps down so that Leo Valdez can lead his cabin at the end of The Lost Hero?

Jake Mason was badly hurt trying to tame the bronze dragon, and he hands over the post after Leo finds a hidden bunker in the woods.

The Lost Hero broke with the Percy Jackson books by being told in which narrative voice?

Third person narration switches between Jason, Piper and Leo; Riordan was unsure how fans would react but found they liked knowing each character better.

Which Percy Jackson novel comes directly before The Lost Hero, whose story opens only a few months after its events?

The Last Olympian ended the first series, and the short gap let Riordan bring back familiar characters without confusing readers.

Which sequel to The Lost Hero picks up the story of the missing Percy Jackson at a camp for Roman demigods?

The Son of Neptune opens with Percy arriving among the Romans, stripped of his memory just as Jason had been.

Which illustrator, known for the Percy Jackson jackets, painted the American cover art of The Lost Hero?

John Rocco's painting was reused on many translated editions, though the British Puffin paperbacks carry different artwork.

Clovis, the head counselor consulted about Jason's missing memories in The Lost Hero, leads the cabin of which god?

Hypnos is the god of sleep, and his son confirms that Jason's memories were not simply mislaid but deliberately taken.

Butch, the camper who helps fetch Jason, Piper and Leo by chariot, is a son of which goddess?

Iris is the rainbow goddess, which explains the rainbow tattoo on Butch's arm; her children were given a cabin of their own after the Titan war.

Which Titan does Jason Grace remember defeating in single combat on Mount Othrys during the war against Kronos?

Krios fell at the same moment the Greek campers were fighting for Manhattan, so the two camps won one war without ever meeting.

What name does Jason Grace give the horse-shaped ventus he tames to fight the giant king in The Lost Hero?

Tempest appears as a smoky horse, and Jason rides him through the last battle at the ruins where Hera is caged.

In The Lost Hero, which language does the amnesiac Jason Grace find he speaks instead of his fellow campers' Greek?

Latin is one of the first clues to where he comes from, along with a tattoo bearing the letters SPQR.

Near which California city does Jason Grace realize the hidden Roman camp lies, at the end of The Lost Hero?

San Francisco also lies close to the Titans' mountain stronghold, which Jason's legion stormed during the previous war.

Which sword-fighting son of the mansion's owner does Jason Grace defeat in a duel in Omaha in The Lost Hero?

Lityerses, nicknamed Lit, loses to Jason's unfamiliar Roman fighting style and is left behind when the heroes escape.