“ Please, Percy...change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse. Rick Riordan
“ Save yourselves! Percy warned. It is too late for us!Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. Oh, no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!Nothing happened. I , Percy repeated,… Rick Riordan
“ I sat up in bed. What did he say?Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far over the edge they were in the bathroom. The happy man said...bowling practice? Rick Riordan
“ Annabeth, he said hesitantly, in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace. Her expression turned guarded. Reyna explained it to me. But, Percy, you belong at Camp Half-Blood. That other… Rick Riordan
“ Kinzie smiled smugly. You admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of our fortune to build. Now, finally, we’re turning a profit. The morta… Rick Riordan
“ Coach Hedge yelled,Thar she blows! Kansas, ahoy!Holy Hephaestus, Leo muttered. He really needs to work on his shipspeak. Rick Riordan
“ Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt.You're a genius, I (Percy) told Annabeth. Rick Riordan
“ Yay! Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug—even Octavian, who didn't look thrilled about it. Rick Riordan
“ It isn’t easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a pe… Rick Riordan
“ As Hazel marched down the hill, she cursed in Latin. Percy didn’t understand all of it, but he got , , and a few choice suggestions about where Octavian could stick his knife. Rick Riordan
“ Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care. Rick Riordan
“ Percy blinked. So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my…You know what? Lets’ forget it. Rick Riordan
“ Once the others were below, Hazel and Leo faced each other awkwardly. They were alone except for Coach Hedge, who was back on the quarterdeck singing the theme song. The coach had changed the words t… Rick Riordan
“ I can’t believe how much this place has grown, Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. Been a long time since you visited, miss?About seventy years, Hazel said. The driver slid… Rick Riordan
“ Gods of Olympus. Piper stared at Leo. What happened to ?His hair was greased back. He had welding goggles on his forehead, a lipstick mark on his cheek, tattoos all over his arms, and a T-shirt that r… Rick Riordan
“ Looking at the elementary schoolers in their colorful T-shirts from various day camps, Percy felt a twinge of sadness. He should be at Camp Half-Blood right now, settling into his cabin for the summer… Rick Riordan
