Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Son of Neptune - Chapter 52

Posted on 12:36 AM by Unknown
THE NEXT MORNING, PERCY, HAZEL AND FRANK ate breakfast early, then headed into the city before the senate was due to convene. As Percy was a praetor now, he could go pretty much wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted. On the way, they passed the stables, where Tyson and Mrs O’Leary were sleeping in. Tyson snored on a bed of hay next to the unicorns,...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 51

Posted on 12:34 AM by Unknown
THE FEAST OF FORTUNA HAD NOTHING to do with tuna, which was fine with Percy. Campers, Amazons and Lares crowded the mess hall for a lavish dinner. Even the fauns were invited, since they’d helped out by bandaging the wounded after the battle. Wind nymphs zipped around the room, delivering orders of pizza, burgers, steaks, salads, Chinese food and burritos,...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 50

Posted on 12:33 AM by Unknown
THEY WERE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, the strangest reinforcements in Roman military history. Hazel rode Arion, who had recovered enough to carry one person at normal horse speed, though he cursed about his aching hooves all the way downhill. Frank transformed into a bald eagle – which Percy still found totally unfair – and soared above them. Tyson ran down...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 49

Posted on 12:31 AM by Unknown
FOUR HOURS. That’s how long it took the fastest horse on the planet to get from Alaska to San Francisco Bay, heading straight over the water down the North-west Coast. That’s also how long it took for Percy’s memory to return completely. The process had started in Portland when he had drunk the gorgon’s blood, but his past life had still been maddeningly...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 48

Posted on 12:29 AM by Unknown
PERCY WAS WAITING FOR THEM. He looked mad. He stood at the edge of the glacier, leaning on the staff with the golden eagle, gazing down at the wreckage he’d caused: several hundred acres of newly open water dotted with icebergs and flotsam from the ruined camp. The only remains on the glacier were the main gates, which listed sideways, and a tattered...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 47

Posted on 12:28 AM by Unknown
FRANK WAS SO STUNNED THAT Hazel had to yell his name a dozen times before he realized Alcyoneus was getting up again. He slammed his shield into the giant’s nose until Alcyoneus began to snore. Meanwhile the glacier kept crumbling, the edge getting closer and closer. Thanatos glided towards them on his black wings, his expression serene. ‘Ah, yes,’...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 46

Posted on 12:27 AM by Unknown
FRANK UNWRAPPED THE FIREWOOD and knelt at the feet of Thanatos. He was aware of Percy standing over him, swinging his sword and yelling in defiance as the ghosts closed in. He heard the giant bellow and Arion whinny angrily, but he didn’t dare look. His hands trembling, he held his piece of tinder next to the chains on Death’s right leg. He thought...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 45

Posted on 12:25 AM by Unknown
NO FAIRNESS IN DEATH. Those words kept ringing in Frank’s head. The golden giant didn’t scare him. The army of shades didn’t scare him. But the thought of freeing Thanatos made Frank want to curl into the foetal position. This god had taken his mother. Frank understood what he had to do to break those chains. Mars had warned him. He’d explained...
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The Son of Neptune - Chapter 44

Posted on 12:24 AM by Unknown
THE GHOSTS FORMED RANKS AND ENCIRCLED the crossroads. There were about a hundred in all – not an entire legion, but more than a cohort. Some carried the tattered lightning-bolt banners of the Twelfth Legion, Fifth Cohort – Michael Varus’s doomed expedition from the 1980s. Others carried standards and insignia Hazel didn’t recognize, as if they’d...
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