The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Book starts like the usual Percy Jackson Novels by Percy getting attacked by mythical creatures. In this book, it happens to be sexy cheerleaders who turn out to be empousa (almost similar to a vampire, but with lot more features). And he also has a chance encounter with the clear-sighted Mortal girl Rachel again at his school.
Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood and learns about the Labyrinth; part of the palace of King Minos in Crete that was designed by Daedalus. You can travel from any part of the world to any other part within a small amount of time than would be possible, using the Labyrinth (Provided there is portals at both the places). Also the Labyrinth is so confusing and people can get lost inside it unless they have Adriane’s String which years ago helped Theseus (I think) to traverse the Labyrinth and kill the Minotaur. Percy becomes quite friendly with the Hellhound of the new sword master Quintus, but he still doubts Quintus of being a double agent. Later Percy and Annabeth learns that there is a portal inside the compound of camp half-blood, that Luke know of, which in turns means that if Luke’s army attacks they will be caught off guard and with no magical boundaries to protect them this time…

So Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson embark on a quest to find Daedalus so that Luke cannot get Ariadne's string, which would guide him through the labyrinth. Meanwhile Percy starts dreaming as usual that helps him in his Journey. And Percy also learns that Nico is in the underworld on a quest of his own, which is to resurrect his sister Bianca Di Angelo with the help of Minos. And that Kronos and Typhon is near resurrection.

All of these and more happens in a tense environment with the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos drawing near, which also brings Percy closer to the prophecy.

The book is filled with Mythical characters like Kampe, Daedalus, Minos, Briares, Calypso, Kronos and the other gods, which makes it a fascinating read. As usual the book is filled with awesome twists, a fast paced storytelling and a large number of new interesting characters. And As usual Riordan delivers…..


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