“ Wrongly chosen, wrongly slain, A hero Valhalla cannot contain. Nine days hence the sun must go east, Ere Sword of Summer unbinds the beast. Rick Riordan
“ Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards. Rick Riordan
“ What's Cabin Nine? Leo asked. And I'm not a Vulcan!Come on, Mr. Spock, I'll explain everything. Rick Riordan
“ The end of the world started when a pegasus landed on the hood of my car.Up until then I was having a great afternoon.Technically I wasn't supposed to be driving because I wouldn't turn sixteen for an… Rick Riordan
“ The dead are hard to look at. Their faces shimmer. They all look slightly angry or confused. they will come up to you and speak, but their voices sound like chatter, like bats twittering. Once they re… Rick Riordan
“ 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… Rick Riordan
“ 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… Rick Riordan
“ Stupid rock gods! Leo yelled from the helm. That’s the time I’ve had to replace that mast! You think they grow on trees?Nico frowned. Masts from trees.That’s not the point! Rick Riordan
“ 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… Rick Riordan
“ So . . . what is this fire river called?The Phlegethon, [Annabeth] said. You should concentrate on going down.The ? [Percy] shinnied along the ledge. They’d made it roughly a third of the way down the… Rick Riordan
“ Right, I said. So the baboon, the crocodile…any other pets I should know about?Amos thought for a moment. Visible ones? No, I think that’s it. Rick Riordan
“ Reyna marvelled at how peaceful he looked. The worry lines vanished. His face became strangely angelic…like his surname, di Angelo. She could almost believe he was a regular fourteen-year-old boy, not… Rick Riordan
“ Red cattle, Annabeth said. The cattle of the sun.What? I [Percy] asked.They're sacred to Apollo.Holy cows? Rick Riordan
“ 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… Rick Riordan
“ 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. Rick Riordan
“ On it! Hazel said. Go, Frank! Dragon Frank veered to the left with Annabeth in one claw yelling, Let’s get ’em! and Percy in the other claw screaming, I hate flying! Rick Riordan
“ Oh, lord. I was beginning to think like Neith. Soon I'd be huddled in an underground bunker eating army rations and cackling as I sewed together the pockets of all the boys who'd jilted me. Rick Riordan
