The House of Hades!

I haven't really done a post focusing on The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus Book4) yet, so here is one.  I would assume (and hope) that most, if not all, of my readers have finished The Mark of Athena by now, and if you haven't, "What are you waiting for? It came out on October 2! You should have been done by October 3 at the latest!"

Release Date: October 2013. Official date not released yet (to my knowledge), but according to Wikipedia, it is October 2, 2013.  However, I seriously doubt this since that was the release date of The Mark of Athena, and I'm pretty sure they always come out on a Tuesday (or at least they frequently have in the past). So, if I had to guess, I would say it will be released on October 1, 2013(Tuesday)

Narrators: Obviously, this is not at all "true," but are just my guesses. There will most likely be four narrators. To be honest, when I finished The Mark of Athena, I thought Percy and Annabeth were not going to be included in The House of Hades, and I was completely devastated! However, sometime on his Blog or Twitter or something, Rick Riordan said Percy and Annabeth would be in The House of Hades. So, that leads me to assume that at least one of them will be a narrator. I doubt it would be both of them because I doubt they are going to get separated. It is hard enough, them being in Tartarus, that I feel the least Uncle Rick could do is to keep them together. So, for that reason I think Percy Jackson will be a narrator. Annabeth was not only a narrator in the last book (as was Percy), but was the last book, so now it's Percy's time to shine! Now, the other three is where it gets hard. The next one I'm going to talk about is going to be the most controversial one, as it's difficult to talk about him. Nico di Angelo was on the Argo II with the rest of the gang. He is going with them to Greece, and he is the only one who knows about the Underworld (well I guess Hazel knows too, but Nico knows the most). I know he isn't one of the seven, but I don't feel his time is done yet. The next one seems to come as a clear sign to me. Jason Grace was not a narrator in The Mark of Athena, and I believe he has to be one in The House of Hades. Now the last one is another tricky one, but I narrow it down to two people. Leo and Piper were narrators in The Mark of Athena, and therefore most likely will not be in The House of Hades. Hazel, I feel, will not be a narrator if Nico is a narrator, so I feel the fourth narrator will be Frank Zheng. This combination would make it an even distribution of Greek vs. Roman demigods, however this is pretty irrelevant considering all four narrators in The Mark of Athena were Greek. This would also be a possibly problematic combination due to the fact that all four of them are males. All in all, however, my prediction is Percy, Nico, Jason, and Frank.

Gods: Clearly, one or more gods will show up in The House of Hades. I'm going to try to name as many as I can. The first one should be pretty obvious. I would venture to guarantee that Hades will show up in The House of Hades. I wonder how that will turn out with both Nico and Hazel being there. I mean Hades technically isn't Hazel's father, right? Well at least this should guarantee Hades will be nice to them (I hope) My next guess is definitely possible. I believe Persephone will show up (too bad Grover won't be there). Next, I think Thanatos will be there, although he may not show up until Book 5.  From here on, it is basically just my guesses, as I can't really know any more. I think Athena will show up. I don't know why, but I think she will be there, either to tell Annabeth she needs to focus, to tell Percy he better take care of her, or to tell the Argo II that they better save her. Lastly, I think Mars is going to show up. I really don't have a reason for this haha. So, my final prediction is that Hades, Persephone, Thanatos, Athena, and Mars will show up in The House of Hades.

Things I Do Not Believe: Okay, there are too many things I can name that I think will happen, so I think it will be easier to name things that many people believe will happen, but I believe won't happen. Firstly, I hate to say this, but I do think The House of Hades will be the worst book in the series. I believe this because I don't see many things that will happen. All the things people want to see, won't happen in this book, I believe, but will happen in Book 5.  Secondly, I will say the one I am most willing to give up. I believe Reyna and Octavian will not make an appearance. Like I said, I am willing to give up this assumption if someone presented a good enough argument. Also, I believe Annabeth and Percy will not reunite with the Argo II. I feel this way for the same reason I feel my first assumption. They will not fight Gaea's forces until Book 5 in my opinion. Lastly, I believe Hazel will not decide who she loves, again for the same reason. I truly hope I am wrong on all of this because if I am right, this will be on the bottom of my favorite-least favorite order.

Anyways, that is all. Thanks for reading! Oh and I almost forgot, I'm trying to make a cover for what I think it will look like, but sadly I'm a terrible artist, and my computer art skills are not much better, so any of you who are good artists (computer or actual), send me what you think it will look like at percyjacksonjunkers@gmail.com, and I will post it here (assuming it isn't totally irrelevant). Thanks again!

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