Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally trying to stay alive. That's when things started really going wrong. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. The Lightning Thief: the first book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Rick lives in Boston with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006 and is now a blockbuster film franchise, starring Logan Lerman. Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. Percy and Annabelle on their way to Las Vegas Illustrations from Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Deluxe Edition I hope you enjoy this Deluxe Edition of The Lightning Thief. It has been my own great adventure to help bring this book to life in a new way, in color, on the page. The Lightning Thief has so many wonderful moments it was difficult to choose what to paint, but I knew I wanted to create a balance of dramatic scenes and quiet moments and to capture the spirit of Rick’s unforgettable characters. It was my chance to illustrate what I consider to be a new classic. When I was asked to create images for the Deluxe Edition of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief it was a dream come true. My approach has never been just to describe a scene from the book, but to create an illustration that offers tension and mystery-an image that provides just enough information to leave the viewer wanting to know more. That promise is what I tried to achieve when creating the pictures for this incredible series. That promise let me know that if I read the words surrounding that picture, I could unlock the adventure. What I love about their paintings is not just the beautiful draftsmanship, color and composition, but their ability to capture a moment that held the promise of swashbuckling adventure. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, and Maxfield Parrish. Many years later, when I became interested in illustration, I discovered the beautiful hardbound editions of these stories featuring the arresting artwork of incredible artists like N.C. I instantly fell in love with the stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, H.G.
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This first installment of Rick Riordan's best-selling series is a non-stop thrill-ride and a classic of mythic proportions.Ī Note for Amazon Customers from Illustrator John Roccoĭear Readers, When I was about eight years old I had the great luck of stumbling upon my father’s collection of Classics Illustrated comic books.
All too soon, a cryptic prophecy from the Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a mission to the Underworld to prevent a war among the gods of Olympus. There's little time to process this news. Even more stunning: His father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea, making Percy one of the most powerful demigods alive. The edition comes in an elegant slipcase with a ribbon bookmark, rough edges, and cloth cover-a perfect keepsake for fans of this truly epic series.Īfter getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, half human, half immortal. In this stunning collectors' edition of The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson's world is brought to life with eight full-color plates by the series jacket artist John Rocco.