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| The Sun and the Star (2023) The Court of the Dead (2025) | |
| Author | Rick Riordan Mark Oshiro |
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| Cover artist | Khadijah Khatib |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Classical mythology, young-adult novel |
| Publisher | Disney-Hyperion (United States) Puffin Books (United Kingdom) |
| Published | May 2, 2023 ( The Sun and the Star ) September 23, 2025 ( The Court of the Dead ) |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, Ebook |
| No. of books | 2 |
| Preceded by | The Trials of Apollo |
| Website | The Nico di Angelo Adventures |
The Nico di Angelo Adventures, [1] [2] also known individually as A Nico di Angelo Adventure, [3] [4] is a 2020s American children's fantasy action-adventure middle grade children's fiction book series based on Greek-Roman classical mythology co-written by American authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. [5] [6] The series is part of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles by Rick Riordan and the sequel series to The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan. It is the fourth series in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles , after the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, The Heroes of Olympus series, and The Trials of Apollo series, all by Rick Riordan. The series follows the demigod children and boyfriends Nico di Angelo and Will Solace, the sons of the Greek Gods Hades and Apollo, respectively, as the boys go on numerous action-adventures and fulfill different prophecies on various quests together.
The Nico di Angelo Adventures series is published by Disney-Hyperion in the United States and by Puffin Books in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] The first book in the series, The Sun and the Star , was released on May 2, 2023, and immediately became the number one bestseller on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children’s Middle Grade books, [9] [a] the American Booksellers Association IndieBound Best Seller List for Early & Middle Grade Readers, [10] [b] the Publishers Weekly Best Seller List for Children's Fiction, [11] [c] and The Globe and Mail Bestseller List for Juvenile books. [12] [d] The book was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children’s Middle Grade books for a total of 73 weeks, [13] [e] the American Booksellers Association IndieBound Best Seller List for Early & Middle Grade Readers for a total of 44 weeks, [14] [f] the Publishers Weekly Best Seller List for Children's Fiction for a total of 33 weeks, [15] [g] and The Globe and Mail Bestseller List for Juvenile books for a total of 9 weeks. [16] [h] The book was the number one overall bestseller on the American Booksellers Association IndieBound Best Seller List for Early & Middle Grade Readers for the entire year of 2023. [17] [i]
The Sun and the Star was awarded the Common Sense Selection Seal for Families by Common Sense Media, [18] and listed as a Best Middle-Grade Fantasy of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews. [19] As a result of the aforementioned sucess of the first novel, a sequel titled The Court of the Dead , which will be the second novel in The Nico di Angelo Adventures series, is set be released on September 23, 2025. [20]
The first book in The Nico di Angelo Adventures, The Sun and the Star , was announced on October 6, 2021. [21] As a cisgender heterosexual man, Rick Riordan decided to collaborate writing the novel with Mark Oshiro, an author of middle grade fiction centered on characters who are LGBTI children, and a longtime fan and an avid reader of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles , to ensure that the perspectives of Nico di Angelo and Will Solace, a young gay boy and a young bisexual boy, respectively, as well the romantic relationship between the boys, would be as authentic as possible. Riordan and Oshiro created the synopsis and manuscript together and received equal credit for the book. [22]
As a result of the success of the first novel, the sequel to The Sun and the Star , The Court of the Dead , was announced by authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro on February 28, 2025. [23] [24] [25]