Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it was very innovative to offer the website and trading card components as well for those readers who wanted to go more in depth with the Cahill experience.

Imagine your body replaced by dust and vapor, and having a tingly feeling in your stomach without even having a stomach. Imagine having to concentrate just to keep yourself from dispersing into nothing. I got so angry, a flash of lightning crackled inside me. “Don’t be that way,” Amos chuckled. “It’s only for a few minutes.

I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth." "How can you be sure?" "Because she'd do the same for you.

Oh, no way," Leo said. "We've been sitting in a cave and you get the luxury tent? Somebody give me hypothermia. I want hot chocolate and a parka!

So for Magic Problem-Solving 101, we headed to the training room and blew stuff up.

So I saved your life, and you repaid me by raising Kronos. That's fair.

It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.