The Demigod Diaries (The Heroes of Olympus)
Rick Riordan
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN: 1423163001
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders? How exactly are Leo, Piper, and Jason supposed to find a runaway table, dodge a band of party-loving Maenads (who just might be a little psychotic), and stave off a massive explosion...all in one hour or less?
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she meant? Then Annabeth set my priorities straight. “Our first kiss, Seaweed Brain,” she said. “It’s our one-month anniversary.” “Well…yeah!” I thought: Do people celebrate stuff like that? I have to remember birthdays, holidays, and all anniversaries? I tried for a smile. “That’s why we’re having this great picnic, right?” She tucked her legs underneath her. “Percy…I love the picnic. Really. But you promised to take me out for a special dinner tonight. Remember? It’s not that I expect it,
important to his book sales. He couldn’t have this boy’s idiot father telling the world that they had been cruelly ignored. “Ask away,” Claymore said. “I’m all ears.” The boy straightened. Despite being as thin as a twig, he stood nearly as tall as Claymore. “What happens if someone finds a way to stop death?” Claymore could feel his blood chill from the change in the boy’s voice. It wasn’t nervous anymore. It was as heavy and cold as stone. “That would be impossible,” Claymore said. “All
“Lies!” Alabaster spat, lopping off her left arm. “You’re a disgrace to our mother’s name! Why don’t you die?” Lamia gave him a smile of crocodile teeth. “I don’t die because my mistress sustains me.” “Your mistress?” Alabaster scowled. He had a feeling she wasn’t talking about Hecate. “Oh, yes.” Lamia dodged his strike. Her arms were already re-forming. “Kronos failed, but now my mistress has risen. She is greater than any Titan or god. She will destroy Olympus and lead the children of Hecate
he had led. He could try to claim he was a man of pure motives, trying to preach sense to the world, but even he knew that wasn’t the truth. He had dismissed the mere idea of gods and been dismissive of anyone who worshipped one. They all had been just a laugh to him—but if he’d learned anything from the last six hours, it was that these gods didn’t have a sense of humor. Pity was, he thought to himself as he was pulled through the icy current, if Alabaster wasn’t an enemy of the gods, Claymore
with warmth as if the box were a hot oven. I concentrated until I could sense the mechanisms inside. I didn’t like what I found. “This thing is bad news,” I muttered. “Whatever’s inside must be important.” Thalia knelt next to me. “Luke, this is why we’re here.” Her voice was full of excitement. “Zeus wanted me to find this.” I looked at her skeptically. I didn’t know how she could have such faith in her dad. Zeus hadn’t treated her any better than Hermes treated me. Besides, a lot of demigods
