He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea.
As for my brothers, Zeus said, we are thankful-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to get out-erm, thankful for the aid of Hades.The lord of the dead nodded. He had a smug look on his face,...
Poseidon put his weathered hand on my shoulder. Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our name...
Poseidon held out his arms and gave me a hug. I realized, a little embarrassed, that I'd never actually hugged my dad before. He was warm—like a regular human—and he smelled of a salty beach and fresh...
Um, dad? I called How's it going?Percy! Annabeth whispered. We're in a hurry!
Your former friend Luke Poseidon corrected. He once promised things like that. He was Hermes's pride and joy. Just bear that in mind Percy. Even the bravest can fall.
Percy: Dad-Poseidon: Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.Percy: I'm praying, I'm talking to you, right?Poseidon: Oh...yes. Good point.
Percy, Grover said, the gods don't appreciate people sitting in their thrones. I mean like turn-you-into-a-pile-of-ashes don't appreciate it.
I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday, Poseidon said. Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!That’s true, Paul said. I used to teach ancient history.Poseidon’s eyes twinkled. That’s...
The throne rumbled. A wave of gale-force anger slammed into me. The voice stopped abruptly, The anger retreated, which was a good thing, because just those two words had almost blasted my mind to shre...
Is Tyson okay? I asked.The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though peanut butter is a strange battle cry.You let him fight?Stop changing the su...
I lost hope when I saw the horses’ teeth.As I got closer to the fence, I held my shirt over my nose to block the smell. One stallion waded through the muck and whinnied angrily at me. He bared his tee...
Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands. Blowfish, did you say?Ah, no. Blofis, actually.Oh, I see, Poseidon said. A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.Poseidon? That’s an interesting...