Texting, even browsing the Internet - all these things can attract monsters.
THEY FOUND LEO AT THE TOP of the city fortifications. He was sitting at an open-air café, overlooking the sea, drinking a cup of coffee and dressed in…wow. Time warp. Leo’s outfit was identical to the...
THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was son of Posidon. The original Perseus was one of the only heros in the greek myths who got a happy...
Surfing? he asked. She laughed, and the sound sent a shock wave through the water. The wailing faded to background noise. Annabeth wondered if anyone had ever laughed in Tartarus before—just a pure, s...
Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.
Suddenly his expression turned to alarm. He sprinted toward us. For a moment I had an absurd vision of myself on the cover of one of Gran’s old romance novels, where the damsel wilts into thearms of o...
Such is human memory... you forget the truth and believe what makes you feel better.
Someday, you will make an excellent guardian ba.Thanks, I muttered. Can’t wait to be poultry forever.
Some pain shouldn't be wished away so easily. It had to be dealt with, even embraced.
Some of the best demigods have gotten their start by blowing up toilets.
So you've got no name? I asked. They couldn't think of one ugly enough?The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman.Set animal is too hard to say, I decided. I'll call you Leroy.Appar...
Red cattle, Annabeth said. The cattle of the sun.What? I [Percy] asked.They're sacred to Apollo.Holy cows?
Percy: The Heka-what? Annabeth: The Hundred-Handed Ones. They called them that because... well, they had a hundred hands. They were the elder brothers of the Cyclopes. Tyson: Very powerful. Wonderful!...
Percy was eating a huge stack of blue pancakes (what was his deal with blue food?) while Annabeth chided him for pouring on too much syrup. You’re drowning them! she complained. Hey, I’m a Poseidon ki...
Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. His eyes blazed with anger. She hoped he wasn’t mad at her, but if he was she couldn’t blame him.If it keeps him going, she thought, then let h...
Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus the OCD border god. He imagined holding hands with Annabeth at a cafe. M...
Our camels plodded along. Katrina tried to kiss, or possibly spit on Hindenburg, and Hindenburg farted in response. I found this a depressing commentary on boy-girl relationships.
One guy wore nothing but a Speedo. He’d painted himself blue and was armed only with a baseball bat. Across his chest were the words COME AT ME, BRO.
On the bright side, Percy said, both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
Okay, do not call me Aquaman. That’s even worse than water boy.