Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises

New York Times Bestselling Series!

“A high-octane mix of modern adventure and ancient secrets. The Colossus Rises is Lerangis’s most gripping work yet. Young readers will love this story. I can’t wait to see what’s next in the Seven Wonders series!” —Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series

Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in master storyteller and 39 Clues author Peter Lerangis’s epic Seven Wonders series, a modern adventure built on ancient mythology.

The Colossus Rises is the first installment of the bestselling five-book fantasy series chronicling the story of Jack McKinley, an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. As part of a team of kids with special powers, he learns he has months to live—unless he can complete a dangerous quest to find seven magic Loculi that have been hidden in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Young readers will learn all about the history and mysteries of the ancient world while savoring this unputdownable story of friendship and courage from first page to last.

Read the entire Seven Wonders Series:

• Book 1: The Colossus Rises
• Book 2: Lost in Babylon
• Book 3: The Tomb of Shadows
• Book 4: The Curse of the King
• Book 5: The Legend of the Rift

Peter Lerangis's books have sold more than 6 million copies and been translated into 34 languages. Titles include nine N.Y. Times bestsellers: The Colossus Rises, Lost in Babylon, The Tomb of Shadows, The Curse of the King, and The Legend of the Rift in The Seven Wonders series; and The Sword Thief, The Viper's Nest, one-fourth of Vespers Rising, and The Dead of Night in The 39 Clues series. His work also includes the YA novels Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am (written with Harry Mazer and winner of the ALA Schneider Award and a Best Fiction for Young Adults book), Smiler's Bones (a N. Y. Public Library Best Book for Teens); the YA thrillers wtf and Lost Girls; the Watchers and Spy X series; and the Antarctica duo. He'll gladly recite the rest of the list if you ask nicely. He's also performed on Broadway, run a marathon, rock-climbed in Yosemite during a 6.1 earthquake, and, with his wife, sprouted and grown two sons in NYC. In his spare time, he eats chocolate. (For a longer bio, see peterlerangis.com/about-peter/bio/.)