Monday, March 31, 2014

The Mark of Athena - XXI Leo

Posted on 8:06 AM by Unknown
AFTER RAIDING A MUSEUM FULL OF Confederate ghosts, Leo didn’t think his day could get any worse. He was wrong. They hadn’t found anything in the Civil War sub or elsewhere in the museum; just a few elderly tourists, a dozing security guard, and—when they tried to inspect the artifacts—a whole battalion of glowing zombie dudes in gray uniforms. The...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XX Annabeth

Posted on 8:02 AM by Unknown
THE NEW CIVIL WAR HAD BEGUN. Leo had somehow escaped his fall unharmed. Annabeth saw him ducking from portico to portico, blasting fire at the giant eagles swooping down on him. Roman demigods tried to chase him, tripping over piles of cannonballs and dodging tourists, who screamed and ran in circles. Tour guides kept yelling, “It’s just a reenactment!”...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XIX Annabeth

Posted on 8:01 AM by Unknown
THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE SHIP. Halfway across the dock, three giant eagles descended in front of them. Each deposited a Roman commando in purple and denim with glittering gold armor, sword, and shield. The eagles flew away, and the Roman in the middle, who was scrawnier than the others, raised his visor. “Surrender to Rome!” Octavian shrieked. Hazel...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XVIII Annabeth

Posted on 8:00 AM by Unknown
THAT NIGHT, ANNABETH SLEPT without nightmares, which just made her uneasy when she woke up—like the calm before a storm. Leo docked the ship at a pier in Charleston Harbor, right next to the seawall. Along the shore was a historical district with tall mansions, palm trees, and wrought-iron fences. Antique cannons pointed at the water. By the time...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XVII Annabeth

Posted on 7:57 AM by Unknown
ANNABETH WAS TRYING TO CHEER UP HAZEL, regaling her with Percy’s greatest Seaweed Brain moments, when Frank stumbled down the hall and burst into her cabin. “Where’s Leo?” he gasped. “Take off! Take off!” Both girls shot to their feet. “Where’s Percy?” Annabeth demanded. “And the goat?” Frank grabbed his knees, trying to breathe. His clothes were...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XVI Percy

Posted on 7:54 AM by Unknown
THE TUNNEL RAN ALONG THE FLOOR of a gymnasium-sized tank. Except for water and some cheap decorations, it seemed majestically empty. Percy guessed there were about fifty thousand gallons of water over their heads. If the tunnel were to shatter for some reason… No big deal, Percy thought. I’ve been surrounded by water thousands of times. This is...
Categories:

The Mark of Athena - XV Percy

Posted on 7:51 AM by Unknown
PERCY CLIMBED OUT ON DECK AND SAID, “WOW.” They had landed near the summit of a forested hill. A complex of white buildings, like a museum or a university, nestled in a grove of pines to the left. Below them spread the city of Atlanta—a cluster of brown and silver downtown skyscrapers two miles away, rising from what looked like an endless flat...
Categories:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)