Rick Riordan Quote
My mother made a squeaking sound that might of been either yes or help.Poseidon took it as a yes and came in.Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions.Finally he stepped forward.Hi, I'm Paul Blofis.Poseidon raised an eyebrow and then shook his hand.Blowfish, did you say?Ah, no. Blofis, actually.Oh, I see, Poseidon said. A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.Poseidon? That's an interesting name.Yes, I like it. I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.Like the god of the sea.Very much like that, yesWell! My mother interrupted. Um, were so glad you could drop by. Paul, this is Percy's father.Ah. Paul nodded, though he didn't look real pleased. I see.Poseidon smiled at me. There you are, my boy. And Tyson, hello, son!Daddy! Tyson [shouted]...Paul's jaw dropped. He stared at my mother. Tyson is...Not mine, she promised. It's a long story.
My mother made a squeaking sound that might of been either yes or help.Poseidon took it as a yes and came in.Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions.Finally he stepped forward.Hi, I'm Paul Blofis.Poseidon raised an eyebrow and then shook his hand.Blowfish, did you say?Ah, no. Blofis, actually.Oh, I see, Poseidon said. A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.Poseidon? That's an interesting name.Yes, I like it. I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.Like the god of the sea.Very much like that, yesWell! My mother interrupted. Um, were so glad you could drop by. Paul, this is Percy's father.Ah. Paul nodded, though he didn't look real pleased. I see.Poseidon smiled at me. There you are, my boy. And Tyson, hello, son!Daddy! Tyson [shouted]...Paul's jaw dropped. He stared at my mother. Tyson is...Not mine, she promised. It's a long story.
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About Rick Riordan
Riordan's first full-length novel was Big Red Tequila, which became the first book in the Tres Navarre series. His big breakthrough was The Lightning Thief (2005), the first novel in the five-volume Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which placed a group of modern-day adolescents in a Greco-Roman mythological setting. Since then, Riordan has written The Heroes of Olympus, a sequel to the Percy Jackson series; The Kane Chronicles, a trilogy of similar premise focusing on Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, again a trilogy of similar premise focusing on Norse mythology. Riordan also helped Scholastic Press develop The 39 Clues series and its spinoffs, and penned its first book, The Maze of Bones. In 2021, he published Daughter of the Deep. His third standalone novel, The Sun and the Star, co-written with author Mark Oshiro, was published on May 2, 2023.