A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground.

You..." The centaur's eyes flared like a cornered animal's. "You should be dead.

I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.

The real world is where the monsters are.

I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized my head was in Khufu’s lap. The baboon was foraging my scalp for munchies. “Dude.” I sat up groggily. “Not cool.” “But he gave you a lovely hairdo,” Sadie said. “Agh-agh!” Khufu agreed.

I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.

The waiter brought fresh-baked bread and cheese, a bottle of sparkling water for Annabeth, and a Coke with ice for me (because I’m a barbarian).