Child of lightning, beware the earth, The giants' revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and the dove shall break the cage, And death unleash through Hera's rage.

Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.

I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gateway to Homer and Virgil.

Everyone hates clowns," Otis said. "Even other clowns hate clowns.

Quintus..." Geryon mused. "Short gray hair, muscular, swordsman?" "Yeah." "Never heard of him.

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

Let's boogie,' he (Leo) said. 'Before I come to my senses