But she wondered why beautiful things had to be wrapped up with evil history. Or was it the other way around? Maybe the evil history made it necessary to build beautiful things, to mask the darker asp...
Before Keto could notice, Hedge pointed towards the top of the amphitheater. It looked like he might be screaming, Gods of Olympus, what is that?Keto turned. Coach Hedge promptly took off his fake foo...
And the seventh hero…Leo Valdez?Nico raised his eyebrows. You remember his name?Of course! He invented the Valdezinator. Oh, what a musical instrument! I barely had time to master its major scales bef...
Alabaster, you told me earlier that heroes don't die. You may be right, but I can tell you one thing. Claymore looked the boy in the eyes. I'm not a hero.
Akmon pulled a ratchet wrench from the tool belt and spun it like a noisemaker. Oh, very nice! I’m definitely keeping this! Thanks, Blue Bottom!Leo glanced down. His pants had slipped around his ankle...
After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don't ask), they won the right to keep...
Maybe it's okay to be a kid once in a while.
Hapi?" I asked."Why, yes, I am happy!" Hapi beamed. "I'm always happy because I'm Hapi! Are you happy?"Zia frowned up at the giant. "Does he have to be so big?"The god laughed. Immediately he shrank d...
Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero
Fortunately, we did most of our athletic stuff inside, so we didn't have to jog through Tribeca looking like a bunch of boot-camp hippie children.
…He is driven by bitterness and anger. You can understand that.’ Nico wanted to yell, Like you know what I feel?
Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.
You're sure?' I asked. 'I mean, the Lord of the Sword is great. But you could also be, I don't know, the Slammer of the Hammer'.
YEAH, I KNOW. You guys are going to read about how I died in agony, and you’re going be like, Wow! That sounds cool, Magnus! Can I die in agony too? No. Just no. Don’t go jumping off any rooftops. Don...
YEAH! WHO DIED? WHO CAME BACK? WHO’S YOUR FREAKIN’ SUPERSIZED McSHIZZLE NOW, BABY? WOOOOOOOO!
Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.
What if we promoted, like, Adidas shoes? Percy wondered. Would that make Nike mad enough to show up?
Well, yes, I call it the Expando-Duck. It's perfect if you need a small metal duck. Or a larger metal duck.
Well . . . sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor.
We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other free samples my mom brought home from work. I guess I should explai...