<DIV><B>Released just before the March 2013 feature film <I>Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters</I>, this new edition is updated through <I>The Last Olympian</I>, and includes several brand new essays!</B><BR><BR>The #1 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling Percy Jackson series?<I>The Lightning Thief</I>, <I>The Sea of Monsters</I>, <I>The Titan’s Curse</I>, <I>The Battle of the Labyrinth</I>, and <I>The Last Olympian</I>?features a dyslexic boy who discovers he is the son of a Greek god, the target of mythical Greek monsters, and the center of a prophecy that could change the balance of power in the world forever. In <I>Demigods and Monsters</I>, YA authors take on the series' Greek gods, demigods, monsters, and prophecy, to add insight and even more fun to Riordan’s page-turner series.<BR><BR>The book also includes an introduction by Percy Jackson series author Rick Riordan that gives further insight into the series and its creation, and a glossary of ancient Greek myth, with plenty of information on the places, monsters, gods, and heroes that appear in the series.<BR></DIV>