Our secret weapon, Khione! We're not just a bunch of demigods. We're a team.

That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!" ... Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. "Staplers--excellent source of iron.

Beautiful,' Jason exclaimed. 'Piper, you... you're a knockout.

"Cool" Leo said. "I always wanted a sister who could beat me up."

Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.