The Son
Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth. Hazel is supposed to be dead. When she lived before, she didn't do a very good job of it. Sure, she was an obedient daughter, even when her mother was possessed by greed. But that was the problem-when the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her "gift" for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn't say no. Now, because of her mistake, the future of the world is at risk. Hazel wishes she could ride away from it all on the stallion that appears in her dreams. Frank is a klutz. His grandmother says he is descended from heroes and can be anything he wants to be, but he doesn't see it. He doesn't even know who his father is. He keeps hoping Apollo will claim him, because the only thing he is good at is arch
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In 1849, Eli McCullough is taken by a Comanche raiding party at thirteen and lives three years on the southern plains. Across two later strands, his oldest son Peter watches their cattle empire built on stolen Tejano land, and great-granddaughter Jeannie Anne runs the family oil business at ninety.
Multiple novels share this title. The most commonly searched is The Son by Philipp Meyer (2013), an epic Texas-history novel that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The metadata above lists Rick Riordan in error.
Yes. AMC released The Son for two seasons in 2017 and 2019, starring Pierce Brosnan. The show was cancelled before adapting the full novel.
The Son is 513 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Son takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
The Son is a standalone novel by Rick Riordan, not part of a series.
The Son is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.