Bessie?โ I looked down at the bull serpent. โButโฆ heโs too cute. He couldnโt destroy the world.โ -Percy Jackson
Rick RiordanJason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, โfestusโ means โhappyโ? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?
Rick RiordanThe Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.
Rick RiordanDakota's head was stuck in his toga. He staggered around olike a Kool-Aid-stained ghost. "Um," Percy said, "should I wear my bed sheets?
Rick RiordanAnd yes,Percy,of course they are now in our United States. Look at your symbol,the eagle of Zeus. Look at the statue of Prometheus in Rockefeller Center,the Greek facades of our government builidings in Washington. I defy you to find any American city where the Olympians are not proeminently displayed, in multiple places. Like it or not-and believe me,plenty of people weren't very found of Rome,either-America is now the heart of the flame. It is the great power of the West.And so Olympus is here.And we are here.
Rick Riordan