Whoa, said Nico as he climbed off the bus. Is that a climbing wall?Yeah, I (Percy) said.Why is there lava pouring down it?Little extra challenge... - Percy
Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing l...
Hi, this is Ganymede, cup-bearer to Zeus, and when I'm out buying wine for the Lord of the Skies, I always buckle up!
Hephaestus glowered up at us. I didn’t make you, did I?Uh, Annabeth said, no, sir.Good, the god grumbled. Shoddy workmanship.
Hang on, Sadie said. She stomped right up to the throne. Ammit growled at her, but Sadie growled back, which confused the monster into silence. What are you? she demanded. My dad? Osiris? Are you even...
Amy gritted her teeth. King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!Jonah looked at his dad. Do we have souvenir chamber pots?No. His dad whipped out his phone. I'll make the call.
We’ve arrived, Leo announced. Time to Split.Frank groaned. Can we leave Valdez in Croatia?
Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon.Brother! Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.Percy stifled a laugh. Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother.Thanks. Frank mum...
The eidolons started pounding on the door. 'Who is it?' Leo called. 'Valdez!''Valdez who?
It was the heaviest thing I'd ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks. I wanted to black out from the pain, but I breathed deeply.
I nodded, disappointed, but then I got an idea. Hey, Grover. You want a magic item?His eyes lit up. Me?Pretty soon we'd laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world's first flying goat boy was...
Charlie … Silena’s eyes were a million miles away. See Charlie.
Behold! Percy shouted. The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!
Cupid said, smashing another skeleton to pieces. Nico, Jason managed to say, it's okay. I get it.Nico glanced over, pain and misery washing across his face.No you don't, he said. There's no way you ca...
You never know! Neith snapped. The point is, I’ll survive the apocalypse. I can live off the land! She jabbed a finger at me. Did you know the palm tree has six different edible parts?Um—And I’ll neve...
We were just looking at maps...
This belonged to my sister-in-law, Prometheus explained. Pandora.A lump formed in my throat. As in Pandora's box?Prometheus shook his head. I don't know how this business got started. It was never a...
Stop! he yelled at the others. Multigrain fighting is not allowed!
Schist, said an angry voice from the grass. Hazel raised her eyebrows. Excuse me? Schist! Big pile of schist!
Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy.I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious.I'm not saying hello to a pink poodle,...