But…surely you know where your nephew is going?’ she asked, looking bewildered.’Certainly we know,’ said Vernon Dursley. ‘He’s off with some of your lot, isn’t he? Right, Dudley, let’s get in the car, you heard...

The goddess smiled. “You are a good hero, Percy Jackson. Not too proud. I like that. But you have much to learn. When Dionysus was made a god, I gave up my throne for him....

Not all powers are spectacular.” Hestia looked at me. “Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

Hestia shook her head. “I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that’s left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian

Headache!” Zeus bellowed. “Bad. bad headache!”As if to prove his point, the lord of the universe slammed his face into his pancakes, which demolished the pancakes and the plate and put a crack in the...