We were halfway back to the fireplace when Set caught us by surprise.He was going on with his list of ridiculous ingredients: And snakeskins. Yes, three large ones, with a sprinkling of hot sauce-- Th...
We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was in danger.I looked at Sadie. What do we do now?
We started this together, Leo. Seems only right you come along. You find us a ride, you're in.Yes! Leo pumped his fist.* * * * *Jason gazed up at the dragon and shook his head in amazement. Leo, what...
We speak with one voice, Walt said. Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane.
Ut cum spiritu postrema sacramentum dejuremus, he chanted. Et hostes ornamenta addent ad ianuam necem.You just...finished the prophesy,Rachael stammered. -An oath to keep with a final breath/And foes...
They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: It’s good manners to walk your date to the door. If that wa...
There’s my baby! I cried, quite carried away. There’s my Poochiekins!Ammit ran at me and leaped into my arms, nuzzling me with his rough snout.My lord Osiris! Disturber lost the bottom of his scroll a...
There's another problem, Percy said. I'm not good with air travel. It's dangerous for a son of Neptune.You'll have to risk it...and so will I, Frank said. By the way, we're related.Percy almost stumbl...
There! Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever.Octavian read the scroll. This says, 'Go to Alaska. Find Than...
There will be guards, Bast said. And traps. And alarms. You can bet the house is heavily charmed to keep out gods.Magicians can do that? I asked. I imagined a big can of pesticide labeled God-Away.
There were a lot of answers I might've given, from I knew that to LIAR! to Yeah right, and I'm Zeus. - Percy, after Quintus says that he is Daedalus
Theophane gave birth to a magical ram named Krysomallos, who for some reason had wool made of gold. Eventually, Krysomallos would be skinned for his fleece, which became known as the Golden Fleece, wh...
Then she did something that really surprised me. She blinked back tears and put out her arms.I stepped forward and hugged her. Butterflies started turning my stomach into a mosh pit.Hey, it's... it's...
The world will end. The big picture cannot be changed. But in the meantime, as Loki once said, we can choose to alter the details. That’s how we take control of our destiny.
The sea does not like to be restrained.
The raft finally got here, he said.Calypso snorted. Her eyes might have been red, but it was hard to tell in the moonlight. You just noticed?But if it only shows up for guys you like-Don't push your l...
The older Nico got, the more juvenile Percy seemed to him, though Percy was three years older. Nico found his sense of humour equal parts endearing and annoying. He decided to concentrate on the annoy...
The old women only stuck around this long out of a sense of duty. Your mom was the same way. That's why I loved her. She put her duty first, ahead of evverything.
The most unreal thing about the bar was Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ blasting from the speakers.‘Dwarves like human music?’ I asked Blitzen.‘You mean humans like our music.’‘But …’ I had a sudden imag...
The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he'd just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine: Seven hundred and...