De woeste zone

Camp Half-Blood #1

by Rick Riordan, Marike Groot (Vertaler), Sander Brink (Vertaler)

De gloednieuwe serie Percy Jackson-serie over Kamp Halfbloed

Heb jij je wel eens afgevraagd wat er in Kamp Halfbloed gebeurt als Percy op avontuur is? Is het dan een rustige plek waar niets aan de hand is? In deze nieuwe vierdelige serie van bestsellerauteur Rick Riordan ontdek je precies hoe het zit.

In dit eerste deel gaat een ontgroeningsritueel in Kamp Halfbloed helemaal mis. Halfgodin Katie Kim heeft daardoor haar handen vol aan een vervloekte ring, een verdwenen vriend en een monsterlijk geheim dat zich onder de zoden van het bos bevindt. En dat allemaal terwijl ze ook nog een gevaarlijk bondgenootschap met de Titanen moet geheimhouden.

'Kamp Halfbloed 1 - De woeste zone' is het eerste boek in een vierdelige serie, waarin in elk deel een andere hoofdpersoon centraal staat. Een spannend avontuur voor lezers vanaf 12 jaar, in het fantastische universum van Percy Jackson.

Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Greek Mythology, Fiction, Audiobook

296 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2026

About the author

Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the Percy Jackson series.

Reviews

[🍂Sofia the First🍂 {I'd burn it all down}]

J. K. Rowling got sick after writing seven
Suzanne Collins wrote 14
RIORDAN WROTE THE OTHER 51


10.4.26

IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK AND I'M 2ND IN LINE ON LIBBYYYY

[helena · Rating 4 out of 5]

canon ruegard in the big year of our lord 2026 i used to pray for times like these

[CC ⊹⋆˚ [on-and-off]]

It's simple! Rick Riordan writes... I read

[~.•stella•.~ {take me to camp half blood} (I am Jane doe)]

Pre release

gonna explode if I don’t get this soon

OMFG STOP PLAYING
RTC

[haj (free palestine)]

rick never quits, does he?
edit:
ITS OUT!!!! i gotta get it asap 🤭

[Jackson G]

rick will never stop, and I will always be happy that he won’t.

[✞𝑳𝒆𝒙𝒊☕︎]

Pre-release ! 🍃

Still waiting for my guardian satyr to come😭👍

…

but while I’m waiting I guessssss I’ll pass the time and read what’s going on there so I’ll be prepared🥹🫰

[TL *Humaning the Best She Can* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed being back in this world 🌎 but that ending :( not as bad as other cliffhangers of his (and an appearance that actually surprised me) but now gotta wait for the next one boo lol.

Sometimes wish I could live at camp half blood.

[lia ✩]

A CAMP HALFBLOOD SERIES WE WON!!

[~.•stella•.~ {take me to camp half blood} (I am Jane doe)]

Pre-release

Y’all KNOW ima be sprinting to target for this

[nickif · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my opinion, this new addition to the Percy Jackson universe felt truer to the original five book series in writing style than any of Rick Riordan’s other works. I’m incredibly impressed by how well Annabelle Oh matched the tone, and I enjoyed the humor. It genuinely felt like returning to the world and style of the original Percy Jackson and the Olympians books rather than simply reading a story set in the same universe.

This was a four star read for me; I enjoyed reentering the original world of Percy Jackson, the new characters were interesting and well-written, and the mystery itself was entertaining and didn’t egregiously break existing canon. That being said, I was disappointed by a few aspects of the story - namely the larger themes, and the conclusion to the book.

My biggest gripe is that The Wild Zone didn’t feel as thematically tight as the original PJO books. There are incredibly thoughtful discussions of Katie’s relationship with her Korean identity, as well as around her anger and intrusive thoughts, and these moments were handled very well. (The scene with probably-Hestia, and what follows it, was excellent). But in my opinion, they never seemed to connect to a larger, more plot-driven thematic arc.

In The Lightning Thief, which takes place immediately before this story, the plot forces the characters to engage with interesting questions. What does it mean to be a hero? When should you let others have their own agency? Does family ever deserve a second chance? Do you have to believe what your parents believe? Should you choose security and protection, or face the real world and grow?

I never got that sense from The Wild Zone. There are interesting character ideas, but the plot hasn’t seemed to transform those ideas into larger questions, and hasn’t forced the characters to make choices that give the story that same sense of thematic weight.

Perhaps I’m being overly critical by comparing these books to the original series due to its place in the timeline - perhaps they’re not meant to do the same thing. But I went into this expecting a little bit more in the subtext underneath the plot.

I also expected some sort of resolution to the central plot, even if it was only a small resolution that then left unfinished threads to set up the next book. Instead, we get a bad-guy reveal (which did fit well), but no conclusion in any sense. I genuinely thought my ebook was accidentally cut off when I turned the page and found the glossary.

Instead, it seems like The Wild Zone might be acting more as the setup for the next three books than as a full story in its own right. And because it’s not a full story in and of itself, it makes me hopeful that the ideas introduced here are only the starting point, and will eventually build towards a stronger thematic arc.

[Austin G · Rating 4.5 out of 5]

camp half blood never stops coming I guess

[ray ৎ ⊹ ࣪ ˖]

I HAVE THIS BOOK IN MY POSSESSION!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!

i'm really interested in this one, since we never find out what happens when percy isn't at camp, but also....if what happened was so important why have we never heard of it? why do we keep getting new series instead of a conclusion that does every character in this universe justice?

[Chrysafis kozyy]

Okay,
The cover is AMAZING!
And the whole book was a really pleasure surprise
UNTILLL,
We learnt it was between The Lighning Thief and The Sea of Monsters.
I mean, WHY. The Riordanverse timeline is already a Jeremy Bearimy (yes that was a Good Place reference), he keeps writing books IN THIS GODDAMN 7 YEARS (2005-2011).
I really, wish Rick would write a book after the main events, with brand new characters. I mean, how is that even supposed to be canon.
I swear to god, if Rick has one, ONE plot hole, This book is gonna get a -1 star review from me.
But let's focus and the good things. Like:
1. we are going to see Clarisse again
2. We are going to see new characters
3. the plot looks AMAZING.
4. the cover looks AMAZING.
Now, I'll wait for the next update.

Okay, this book may be getting a tv show adaptation... I don't know how I feel about that. Propably good. I hope it has the PJO tv show cast at least.

[Celia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️
A very enjoyable audiobook, and if you can take a HUGE step back from when it’s “supposed to be set”, it’s fun addition to the series

[FANGIRLslay {Denki Defender™} · Rating 1.5 out of 5]

it went downhill from the first series
I LOVED the original 5
the new ones, 6 and 7 (yeah I know laugh it up) were OKAY. just OKAY.
HoO was fine, I only read it for percabeth and caleo
I HAAAAAAAATED ToA

like dude just go back to the OG writing

[Niv]

Couldnt get hold of the story..

[Jenna-booklooksbyjenna · Rating 4.5 out of 5]

alright!!
great start to a new series, i really like this new group of kids and seeing some old friends (alive) again. There are a lot of unanswered questions, but thats what the rest of the books are for. Also, i like the reveal at the end, it was VERY different than what i anticipated and i’m excited to see what the wild omada does next.

[Kels · Rating 4 out of 5]

this happened once to my good friend frodo baggins

[nola · Rating 4 out of 5]

riordan and oh were feeding me the most obvious hints to that twist and i, just like everyone else in this book, severely underestimated katie. the whole time i thought this book was just a fun little time and then boom. i was speechless.
bonus points for ruegard crumbs (doomed yuri in my riordanverse book?? yes pls) and for how diverse this book is - it warms my heart to know that kids nowadays can read books like these and see themselves in the pages of a book like this no matter their background or identity.
after an ending like that, i’m definitely much more intrigued to see where this series goes than i thought i would be. before, i’d much have preferred riordan to just finish the senior years trilogy, but now i’m not too mad!

[faria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I just read this in one sitting? Absolutely yes. I am so incredibly ready for more in this series, omgggg!

Diving back into the world of Percy Jackson at an interesting time point with amazing new characters who you genuienly cannot help but love and a mystery that had me reading faster than I ever have before. I don’t know how I’m going to survive waiting until the next book comes out.

[Alexia · Rating 2 out of 5]

i’m a massive fan of PJO and Riordan and i was really excited for this book hoping for some world building and getting to see more of camp halfblood, but unfortunately it was a huge let down. it felt like practically nothing happened in this book, i kept waiting for any semblance of action to happen or anything to move the plot forward and it never really came. the “big reveal” at the end felt more like something to end a chapter or section not the entire book. i guess it did provide some of the world building i was hoping for since the character revealed shows up in the main series but it felt really anticlimactic, as did the whole book really. i hope the rest of the series does better because this series is a cool concept even if i do wish it took place in camp jupiter instead haha

[Sabrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s always so much fun returning to the World of Percy Jackson. And what was even more fun of when this story took place. I assumed it was going to be our latest in the timeline. But nope! It actually takes place between The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. Time to find out exactly what was going on at camp during the school year after Percy returned home from his quest. This is just beginning of this series with some new characters. Leading us off is Katie Kim. After an Ares hazing goes wrong, Katie loses her friend in the Wild Zone, a very dangerous part of the forest that no one is supposed to enter. Katie and a few campers were taken there by Clarisse to escape from. But someone didn’t come back. Katie’s half-brother, another son of Ares, Grant. Katie is determined to find him. But turns out there is a lot about that section of the woods that no one knows about. And soon Grant isn’t the only one that eventually goes missing. This was such a fun story overall. And that ending! Definitely leaves us wanting to know more. We see so many familiar faces of characters we loved and lost later in the series, so it was fun to see them again. We get some new faces that I’m excited to learn more about. And it’s just interesting to see how things are going right before the war against Kronos truly blows up. It’s the early days of wondering what exactly is going to happen next. I’m definitely excited to see where this series takes us.

[DamDemigod]

AAAAGGGGHGHGHGHGH I WANNA READ THIS SO BAD!

[Zoe Preslar]

Ooh, i'm excited for this one! Something to keep us readers busy until SYA book 3 is released and I'm all for it!

But, I will say: From the blog post, it seemed like there might not be more new Percy-related content after this. Excuse me for a moment while I go cry about that...

Alright, I'm back....maybe.

Anyways, I'm still really excited about this and I can't wait for September to find a place for this book on my Percy Jackson bookshelf!

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel like, similarly to the Trials of Apollo, to separate these books from their collective series would be a disservice, the only issue, I don't have the rest of those books. This book is 300 pages...how...? I do have to commend the pacing of this book, since they go into the Wild Zone 2(3 if you count when Katie went alone) times, and have a break of 100 pages inbetween all of it, where they just ease drop on lore relevant conversations, that are just repeating each other over and over again. This entire book is a set up book, nothing really happens, but it sets up everything else. 'Zuri what are you hunting?' 'You don't need to know that right now'. 'Harper, why are you afraid of tunnels?' 'You don't need to know that?' 'who's Benny's godly parent parent?' ' You'll learn that later'. It doesn't feel like it's a natural curiousness, it's being shoved into your face like a truck. In addition to that, there's almost no emotional payoff to reading this book, since nothing happens, and things are only ever set up. Even Katie's arc of feeling inferior and that she's not Korean enough, while a definitely relevant story to share, and a good message for kids who feel the same way, this book seems to sporadically decide when and when not to start to resolve that, rather than a gradual thing over time. It's so incredibly jarring, since most of the time, it's her not feeling Korean enough rather than inferior, so it sticks out in the story a little bit. This entire book and it's characters aren't really deep at all, and it's incredibly surface level and mind numbing. The amount of time that stretched between each expedition to the Wild Zone is absolutely insane. I feel like this book missed so much worldbuilding potential. This book it literally killed Camp Half-Blood, I feel like we could have had so much more world building, especially inbetween the wild zone visits. But what we did learn, the Olympian Politics class, and the Baton race, while not exactly interesting, they still made good additions. Also, had +.5 stars to my rating, Apollo had 2 kind of spoken lines in this, I'm so happy. the characters from the previous books who had brief camios in this, they really did feel just like cameos rather than developing their character. This book has a LOT of down time between plot relevant events, development could have been litered in between those. In addition to all of that, the chemistry between the cast of characters so far is pretty bland and dry, and while yes, they've only known each other for 2-3 ish days now, they lack the natural banter that makes dynamics enjoyable to read.

But, I thought it was decently funny and I'm so happy that Harper exists.

[Jason Persilver · Rating 2 out of 5]

So boring...

Where to even begin...overall, this story is very meh. There's very little substance. Lot's of standing around and talking. And the majority of the "action" is just running away from danger. It has some modern language for younger readers I suppose, but it's not natural sounding and forced.

Speaking of forced, the relationships in the book feel shallow. No one is ever in danger. At least it doesn't feel like it. There's really nothing at stake until the end, but by the time you get there you no longer care.

There are very few battles, barely any puzzles or riddles, the "magic" is there I suppose in a few spots.

Oh and the audible version...ugh. The narrators voice is absolutely fantastic...for another book. This felt like that social media ad for a sleep app. Amazing voice. But incredibly distracting for this type of book. A fight scene (especially when there aren't even that many) should sound (and thus feel) like a fight scene. Maybe this is also why the book felt boring. It was the most calm and peaceful chaos ever. I hate being this way because her voice is amazing.

I regret passing up my next Dostoevsky read for this snoozefest.

[Anirudh Kukreja · Rating 1 out of 5]

This seems like a way to promote younger authors, which I do appreciate, but objectively it should not work under Rick Riordan's name. This book was a massive disappointment. My rating is only based upon nostalgia. Sure, it had representation and social messages and blah blah but this is a YA series and we want action and high stakes as with the first few books when Rick Riordan wasn't trying to be a Gen Z pacifier.
As a fan of his for the past 18 years: take risks and let this recent extra sensitive generation curl on itself; this generation anyway doesn't have the retention period to read a book.

[khiara ˶・₊ hiatus]

well ok

[Gabby]

UMMM WHATS THIS?