Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.

Bad Cyclops Lady!" he bellowed. "General Tyson says GO AWAY!

Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA!

Seriously, who curses you with their dying breath and says, I hope your eye twitches!

Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.