I didn’t understand how. But the toilets had responded to me. I had become one with the plumbing…

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.””Combat time?” Piper grabbed her horn of plenty.”I hate wonder bread,” Jason said.Together, they charged.

You trained Bill? Impressive.

Let us find the dam snack bar,” Zoe said. “We should eat while we can.”Grover cracked a smile. “The dam snack bar?”Zoe blinked. “Yes. What is funny?””Nothing,” Grover said, trying to keep a straight face....

The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the Ping-Pong table in the rec room with crackers and Cheez...

That’s it, cupcake. You’re going down.

We’re fine.’ A few feet away, Aurum snarled quietly, which meant Nico was lying.

Those five nuts right there.”Which one is me?” I asked.The little deformed one,” Zoe suggested.Oh, shut up.

It’s not mind-reading,’ she said. ‘Not even an empathy link. Just … a temporary wave of exhaustion. Primal emotions. Your pain washes over me. I take on some of your burden.’Nico’s expression became guarded. He...

She’d expected some backlash; it happened every time she shared her strength. But she hadn’t anticipated so much raw anguish from Nico di Angelo… If this was only a portion of Nico’s pain… how could...

Names have power.

Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I’d seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14,...

Why did it have to be so hard? Why couldn’t there be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?

No, Pipes. It could be a random group of giant eagles flying in perfect formation. Of course they’re Roman!

Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it’s a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.

why can’t you place a blessing like that on us,” I asked.”It only works on wild animals,” “So it would only affect Percy,” Annabeth reasoned.

Percy: Don’t I get a kiss for luck? It’s kind of a tradition, right?Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we’ll see.

I still don’t understand what a sea god would be doing in Atlanta.”Leo snorted. “What’s a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird.

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! As tall as the sky....

Butch hesitated. “Annabeth’s okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her...

Even Zeus doesn’t know.

And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. “Do...

Snake people do not drink milk,” Kekrops said. “We are lactose intolerant reptiles.””Me too!” Frank said. “I mean . . . lactose intolerant. Not a reptile. Though I can be a reptile sometimes-

He was making a brave attempt, but Jason could see the sadness lingering in his eyes. Something had happened to him… something to do with Calypso.

I try to avoid teaming up with goddesses who eat roadkill. It’s one of my personal boundaries.

Poor Nico di Angelo. The god’s voice was tinged with disappointment. Do you know what you want, much less what I want? My beloved Psyche risked everything in the name of Love. It was the...

Perseus Jackson, I do expect you torefrain from causing any more trouble. “”Trouble?” I demanded.Dionysus snapped his fingers. A newspaper appeared on the table-the front page of today’sNew York Post, There was my yearbook picture...

Nico was devastatingly alone. He’d lost his big sister Bianca. He’d pushed away all other demigods who’d tried to get close to him. His experiences at Camp Half-Blood, in the Labyrinth and in Tartarus had...

The sea does not like to be restrained.

Rachel: You’re a half-blood, too?Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren’t human! They’re half Greek god!…They don’t seem to care.

Leo couldn’t help smiling. “That could be fun.””Fun” she said unhappily.”Blue elephants.””Blue elephants.””Kiss me you fool.””You fool.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of whack-a-mole. Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: “The groin. The...

He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn’t have any muscles).

She’d secretly had a crush on him since they were twelve years old. Last summer, she’d fallen for him hard.

What’s the best part of being in Hermes cabin?Connor: You are never lonely. I mean seriously, new kids are always coming in. So you always have someone to talk to.Travis: Or prank.Connor: Or pickpocket. One...

Nico knelt and picked it up. He regarded Jason, as if waiting for an attack. “If the others found out-” “If the others found out,” Jason said, “you’d have that many more people to back...

Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to...

We were surrounded by thirty-foot-tall giants who were about to kill us. Then the sky opened up, and the gods descended.””Grandad,” the kids said, “you are full of schist.” “I’m not kidding!” he protested.

I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe… but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?

As we got closer to Montauk, she seemed to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. Her eyes turned the color of the sea.

Percy tightened his grip on Annabeth’s wrist. His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. “We’re...

Yeah! Bring it on lake!” -Coach Gleeson Hedge

Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works.I am praying. I’m talking to you, right?Oh…yes. Good point. Amphitrite – incoming!

What if we promoted, like, Adidas shoes?’ Percy wondered. ‘Would that make Nike mad enough to show up?” Leo smiled nervously. Maybe he and Percy did share something else – a stupid sense of humour....

Sugar and caffeine. My willpower crumbled.

Dakota’s head was stuck in his toga. He staggered around olike a Kool-Aid-stained ghost.”Um,” Percy said, “should I wear my bed sheets?

Is this guy Love or Death?” Jason growled.Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank, Hazel, and Percy met my counterpart, Thanatos. We are not so different. Except Death is sometimes kinder.

But Annabeth just smiled and put us in jail. As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. “See you at the fireworks?”She didn’t even wait for my answer before darting...

He slung off his backpack. He’d managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa Bargain Mart: a portable GPS, duct tape, lighter, superglue, water bottle, camping roll, a Comfy Panda Pillow Pet (as...

I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.