Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father's throne.
You can do this" I murmured. "You are my brother. I love you. All the embarrassing bits, all the annoying bits, which I imagine is most of you--a thousand Zias might run away from you if they knew the...
I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized my head was in Khufu's lap. The baboon was foraging my scalp for munchies.Dude. I sat up groggily. Not cool.But he gave you a lovely hairdo, Sadie...
Dark seams radiated outwards like a shotgun blast of ink, as if Nico's body were trying to expel all the shadows he'd travelled through. Yesterday had been worse: an entire meadow withering, skeletons...
So, yeah. Our cat was a goddess.What else is new?
Don't decide yet, Hephaestus advised. Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.
See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It- freaking- melts.
Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. But she did something that surprised me even more...She kissed me.
Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve a girl's necklace. Then there was that Israelite fellow, Mickey.Moses?Yeah, him.
Hey, guys! Grover yelled somewhere above us. I think she's unconscious!Roooaaarrr!Maybe not, Grover corrected.
I think it's time you met Percy. - Annabeth
You sure you're not a Roman, Annabeth? Or an Amazon?
If it weren't for dreams, he said. I wouldn't know half the things I know about the future. They're better than Olympus tabloids. He cleared his throat then held up his hands dramatically: Dreams like...
Fighting giants was one thing. Bacchus making into a game was something else.
The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I'm~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Ω-the last letter of...
Lei had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron,so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!
Carter looked awful-I mean even worse than usual. Honestly, the boy had never been in a proper school, and he dressed like a junior professor, with his khaki trousers and a button-down brown shirt and...
Why didn't you sleep with the headrest?I shrugged. It was uncomfortable. I looked at Sadie for support. You didn't use it, did you?Sadie rolled her eyes. Well, of course I did. It was obviously there...
Okay, do not call me Aquaman. That's even worse than water boy.
Jason decided there was nothing in the world scarier than a gang of bat-wielding grannies.
Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!
Annabeth frowned. Percy's sword is a she?Jack laughed. Well, .Percy studied Riptide, though I could've told him from experience it was almost impossible to tell a sword's gender by looking at it.I...
A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.
Let the world honor you, my Huntress. Live forever in the stars.
I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.
My fatal flaw is hubris.The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches?No, seaweed brain. That's hummus. Hubris is worse.What could be worse than hummus?
Far below, I heard Cacus bellowing as millions, maybe even thousands of filthy gallons of water slammed into him. Meanwhile, Annabeth alternately shouted, gagged, hit me, called me endearing pet names...
Where's the gold?" I demanded. "Don't make me unleash my sword's playlist.
I could hear hopefulness in her voice, but also doubt. She was waiting for me to admit the obvious: I'd forgotten. I was toast. I was boyfriend roadkill.
Even strength has to bow down to wisdom sometimes.
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
if you don't understand something, you can't approximate it. You're really just guessing.
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....