<P> The Titan's Curse is an American fantasy - adventure novel based on Greek mythology written by Rick Riordan . It was released on May 1, 2007, and is the third novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and the sequel to The Sea of Monsters . It is about the adventures of the fourteen - year - old demigod Percy Jackson as he and his friends go on a dangerous quest to rescue his friend Annabeth Chase and the Greek goddess Artemis, who have both been kidnapped . </P> <P> The Titan's Curse was published by Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). It was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on May 1, 2007 . The novel was also released in audiobook format, read by Jesse Bernstein . </P> <P> Mostly well - received, The Titan's Curse was nominated for numerous awards, winning ones such as the No. 1 The New York Times children's series best seller and Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick for 2007 . </P> <P> Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Thalia Grace get a ride from Mrs. Jackson to Westover Hall, a boarding school in Bar Harbor, Maine, to escort two sibling half - bloods named Nico and Bianca di Angelo that Grover Underwood has found . They are attacked by a manticore named Dr. Thorn . Though Artemis and her hunters arrive to help, Dr. Thorn jumps off a cliff with Annabeth on his back . Artemis is troubled by the manticore's mention of a "Great Stirring" of monsters, and goes off alone to hunt an Olympus - destroying monster she believes to have finally returned from Tartarus . She sends the half - bloods and Hunters (whose number now includes Bianca di Angelo) to Camp Half - Blood with her brother Apollo . </P>

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