Annabeth never thought she would describe anything in Tartarus that way, but, despite the fact that the giant’s hut was as big as a planetarium and constructed of bones, mud and drakon skin, it definitely felt cosy. In the centre blazed a bonfire made of pitch and bone; yet the smoke was white an...
Don't Worry, Be Hapi @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } 11. Don’t Worry, Be Hapi TYPICAL. Sadie and Walt go off looking for a friendly shadow, while Zia and I escort a psychotic murderous ghost to his heavily trapped stash of forbidden magic. Gee, who got the better end ...
The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse. Maybe I should introduce myself. I’m Carter Kane – part-time high-school freshman, part-time magician, full-time worrier about all the Egyptian gods and monsters who are constantly trying to kill me. Okay, that last part is an exaggeration. N...
Major Delays at Waterloo Station (We Apologize for the Giant Baboon) THE LONDON UNDERGROUND has lovely acoustics. Sound echoed through the tunnels, so as we descended I could hear the rush of the trains, the musicians playing for coins, and of course the killer baboon god roaring for blood as h...
She’d complained loudly and often that rope climbing would never help her defeat a monster. Chiron had just smiled, like he knew this day would come. Finally Annabeth made it to the bottom. She missed the brickwork edge and landed in the canal, but it turned out to be only...
Bast Keeps a Promise C A R T E R 30. Bast Keeps a Promise HOURS LATER, I WOKE UP ON THE RV’S couch with Bast shaking my arm. “We’re here,” she announced. I had no idea how long I’d been asleep. At some point, the flat landscape and complete boredom had zonked me out, and I’d started having bad dr...