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''The Son of Neptune'' is a 2011 fantasy novel, the second book in ''The Heroes of Olympus'' series written by Rick Riordan. The story follows the adventures of amnesiac Percy Jackson, a demigod son of Poseidon, as he meets a camp of Roman demigods and goes to Alaska with his new friends Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang to free the Greek god of death, Thanatos and help save the world from Gaea, the earth goddess. The book received mostly critical acclaim, won the Goodreads Choice Award in 2011,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Son of Neptune wins the GoodReads Choice Award 2011 )〕 and appeared on several bestseller lists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Son of Neptune goes on three bestseller lists )〕 The book continues Riordan's use of third person narration, where chapters are from the point of view of one of the main characters, switching between Percy, Frank, and Hazel. The book was first published in hardcover on October 4, 2011 by Disney-Hyperion with a cover designed by illustrator John Rocco. After an initial hardcover printing of three million copies, the book has since been released in paperback as well as an audiobook and e-book, and has been translated into 37 languages. ==Development and promotion== In an interview by Scholastic with Rick Riordan for ''The Lost Hero'', Riordan was questioned about the whereabouts of Percy Jackson. The author hinted that the answer would be revealed as Jason's quest progressed. By the end of the book, he said that readers would have a good idea where the second book is going.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rick Riordan talks about The Son of Neptune for the first time )〕 On May 26, 2011, Riordan released both the cover art and the first chapter for ''The Son of Neptune'' confirming that Percy would play a role in the book.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Son of Neptune cover released )〕 On August 8, 2011, Rick Riordan released a video giving more information about the book and its characters. The video includes pictures of a black haired boy with a bow and arrow in his hands who is later revealed to be Frank Zhang, a blonde-haired boy holding a teddy bear later revealed as Octavian, a girl with black hair wearing gold armor and a purple cloak sitting on a throne flanked by a gold and a silver canine creature, both with red eyes, who was revealed on Rick Riordan's blog to be Reyna, and another girl riding a horse named Hazel Levesque.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Official Youtube video giving sneak peek about characters )〕 Along with this, two chapters were released prior to the book's launch: one was put on Riordan's website and another read out by Riordan on Percy's birthday, August 18.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Riordan reads the first two chapters of The Son of Neptune )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Son of Neptune」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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