Percy Jackson. Book 1. The Lightning Thief

but Mr. Brunner was absorbed in his novel

Clarisse sneered. “You got a problem with that?”

“No,” I said, recovering my wits. “It explains the bad smell

I stared at the orange haze of the sky and tried to understand how Grover could pursue a dream that seemed so hopeless. Then again, was I any better?

The Furies and Medusa had provided enough excitement for one day.

it was a time of darkness and savagery for mortals. Kronos, the lord of the Titans, cal ed his reign the Golden Age because men lived innocent and free of al knowledge. But that was mere propaganda. The Titan king cared nothing for your kind except as appe-tizers or a source of cheap entertainment. It was only in the early reign of Lord Zeus, when Prometheus the good Titan brought fire to mankind, that your species began to progress, and even then Prometheus was branded a radical thinker. Zeus punished him severely, as you may recall. Of course, eventually the gods warmed to humans, and Western civilization was born."

Knowing Grover, I was sure he'd miss Medusa and nail me. I dove to one side.

It made me blush almost as much as Annabeth.

The sword has a long and tragic history that we need not go into," Chiron told me. "Its name is Anaklusmos."

it was a time of darkness and savagery for mortals. Kronos, the lord of the Titans, cal ed his reign the Golden Age

Gods cannot cross each other's territories except by invitation