Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced.

Son of Poseidon? East asked. I nodded. Took a dip in the Styx? Hudson asked. Yep. They made digusted sounds. Well that's perfect East said. Now how do we kille him?

"Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm.

Amos stopped before the entrance, which was the size of a garage door—a dark heavy square of timber with no visible handle or lock. “Carter after you.” “Um, how do I—” “How do you think?” Great another mystery. I was about to suggest we ram Amos’s head against it and see if that worked.

She’s pretty,” Zethes mumbled. “I mean, she’s right.

Right," Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.