I wouldn't suspect that we're going to get much further into October.


Rick Leard

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That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN
Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
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Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
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You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
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Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
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They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
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I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
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This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN
Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
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Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
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Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
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Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
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There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
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Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
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Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
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Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
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Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN
Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
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Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
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He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
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Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
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Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN
If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
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Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
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The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
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My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
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Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
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But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
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Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
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Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
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I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
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Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
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The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
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As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
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It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
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Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
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Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
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Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
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You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
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then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN
There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
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Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
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Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
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Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
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Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
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Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN
In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ...
RICK RIORDAN
Everything looks better with my eyes closed.
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THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!"
Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t...
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