HELD UP BOOK ONE:  2012 - 2014

Held Up Book One contains the first six chapters of the graphic novel. It is a travel story, following the quest of a single determined adventurer as he makes his way towards a mysterious goal with equally mysterious cargo. The story shifts back and forth from this concrete quest and a dream-like exploration of memory.   

Held Up is a sort of mnemonic device, structurally modeled after Le Roman du Lièvre, though it shares no characters, places, or plot elements with it. The story has the same number of chapters as Le Roman du Lièvre, each chapter drawing on general feelings and themes from the original. The details (people, places, plot) are taken from the long relationship Riordan has had with Le Roman du Lièvre, its translation, and the series of projects and adventures he has been a part of as a result.  Each chapter is accompanied by notes.