The Battle of the Labyrinth by Riordan is the fourth book in the Percy Jackson series. As Kronos continues to gain strength and more and more ancient monsters are reformed, the campers at Camp Half-Blood discover a weakness in their camp defenses. Hidden within the woods what appears to be a crack in a rock is actually one of many entrances leading into the Labyrinth. Anyone possessing the means to travel through the Labyrinth could move a huge army into the camp at a moment's notice. Annabeth accepts the quest to traverse the Labyrinth in search of the workshop of Daedalus in order to convince the inventor to side with the Greeks. She chooses Percy, Grover, and Tyson to accompany her on the task. Try as they might, they are unable to navigate where they with to go. Along the way, they rescue a hundred handed one from Alcatrez, find the missing half-blood Nico, son of Hades, and clean out the Aegean stable. Then the group splits up as Grover and Tyson seek the missing Pan, and Annabeth and Percy enlist the help of Rachel, a mortal who can see through the Mist to actually navigate the Labyrinth. But they are running out of time, for the Titan forces are also in the maze, Kronos has reformed, and the attack on the camp is imminent.
I still dislike the use of first person narration, but I have to say this book was definitely the best in the series so far. I'd recommend it for ages 12 and up.
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