I know you’ll do what’s best for Annabeth.””How can you be sure?””Because she’d do the same for you.

I am Persephone” she said, her voice thin and papery. “Welcome, demigods.Nico squashed a pomegranate under his boot. “Welcome? After last time, you’ve got the nerve to welcome me?”I shifted uneasily, because talking that way...

The truth hit him. Jason wasn’t quite Roman anymore. His time at Camp Half-Blood had changed him. Reyna had recognized that. Apparently, so did the undead legionnaires. If Jason no longer gave off the right...

You’re Dionysus,” I said. “The god of wine.”Mr. D rolled his eyes. “What do they say these days, Grover? Do the children say ‘Well duh!’?”Y-yes, Mr. D.”Then, well, duh! Percy Jackson. Did you think I...

If Annabeth’s mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn’t Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?

Nereus spun and expanded, turning into a killer whale, but I grabbed his dorsal fin as he burst out of the water.A whole bunch of tourists went, “Whoa!”I managed to wave at the crowd. Yeah,...

Like the zodiac sign?’ Percy asked. ‘I’m a Leo.”No, stupid,’ Leo said, ‘I’m a Leo. You’re a Percy.

A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.””Poseidon? That’s an interesting name.””Yes, I like it. I’ve gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.””Like the god of the sea.””Very much like that, yes.

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 names…well, it usually says more about...

No, we wouldn’t.

If I had my way,” Dionysus said, “I would cause your molecules to erupt in flames. We’d sweep up the ashes and be done with a lot of trouble. But Chiron seems to feel this...

Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!” He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into...

Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I’m really your friend and I’ll accept you. It’s better than hiding.

Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water. Octavian made a squeaking sound. “What was that for? I didn’t...

Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?”I don’t hate you.”Could’ve fooled me.”She folded her cap of invisibility. “Look…we’re just not supposed to get along, okay? Our parents are rivals.”Why?”She sighed. “How many reasons...

Lots of death, huh? Personally, I’m trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!

Meat!” he said scornfully. “I’m a vegetarian.”You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans,” I reminded him.Those are vegetables.

Husband, we talked about this,” Persephone chided. “You can’t go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he’s brave. I like that.”Hades rolled his eyes. “You liked that Orpheus fellow too. Look how well that turned out.

Hey, why do pegasi gallop as they fly, anyway?”Blackjack whinnied. Why do humans swing their arms as they walk? I dunno, boss. It just feels right.

I hoped I wasn’t blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.

your loved ones have been used to lure you into Kronos’s traps. Your fatal flaw is personal loyalty Percy. You do not know when it is time to cut your losses. To save a friend...

Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch.from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a...

All aboard for one last trip.

The story of Psyche finally made sense to him- why a mortal girl would be so afraid. Why would she risk breaking the rules to look the god of love in the face, because she...

That makes absolutely no sense.

You drool when you sleep

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...

Dude, that sucks for you.

You are okay?” he asked. “Not eaten by monsters?””Not even a little bit.” I showed him that I still had both arms and both legs, and Tyson clapped happily.”Yay!” he said. “Now we can eat...

Percy scowled. “I-I know you.”Nico raised his eyebrows. “Do you?

Gabe scratched his double chin. “Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip…And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game.”Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make...

Different elevator music was playing since my last visit-that old disco song “Stayin’ Alive.” A terrifying image flashed through my mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt.

Really? That would be a first. I’m the son of Hades, Jason. I might as well be covered in blood or sewage, the way people treat me. I don’t belong anywhere. I’m not even from...

I gotta say”—Apollo broke the silence—”these kids did okay.” He cleared his throat and began to recite: “Heroes win laurels—”Um, yes, first class,” Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo’s poetry.

There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, “Percy is my brother?” like he’d just won the lottery.Aw, Tyson,” I’d say. “It’s not that simple.

Then something occurred to me.”Get closer,” I told Blackjack.He whinnied in protest.”Just within shouting distance,” I said. “I need to talk to the statue.”Now I’m sure you’ve lost it, boss, Blackjack said

And I was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy.

The god’s chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

Piper bit her lip. The last thing she wanted to do was check Katopris for more terrifying images.’I’ve tried,’she said.’The dagger doesn’t always show what I want to see. In fact,it hardly ever does”Please,’Percy said.’Try...

Percy and Reyna occupied matching praeters’ chairs on the dais, which made Percy self-conscious. It wasn’t easy looking dignified wearing a bedsheet and a purple cape. “The camp is safe,” Octavian continued. ” I’ll be...

The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them....

Hope does not leave without being given permission.

Very good, Jason Grace,” Notus said. “You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the greatest demigods have done before you. You cannot control your parentage, but you...

God alert!” Blackjack yelled. “It’s the wine dude!Mr. D sighed in exasperation. “The next person, or horse, who calls me the ‘wine dude’ will end up in a bottle of Merlot!

Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did.Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. “Got your message. Is it too late...

She studied me with concern. She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly—our painful souvenir from holding Atlas’s burden. There was a lot I’d wanted to say to Annabeth,...

I’ve got this.” Apollo stepped forward. His fiery armor was so bright it was hard to look at, and his matching Ray-Bans and perfect smile made him look like a male model for battle gear....

Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?

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...

Percy grunted. ‘Probably something to do with that creep Octavian. Maybe he was so bad at telling the future that he broke Apollo’s powers.