I hitched our flying reed boat toğreak, my pet griffin, and we spent the morning buzzing around the south shore, looking for signs of trouble. Normally my sister, Sadie, or some of our other initiates froměrooklyn House would’ve come with me.ěut they were all at theğirst Nome inĞgypt for a week-long training session on controlling cheese demons (yes, they’re a real thing – believe me, you don’t want to know), so I was on my own. When mortals start raising the alarm, you know it’s time to check things out. One reporter even called it the Long Island Swamp Monster. Then the local news started reporting that a large creature had been sighted in the ponds and marshes near the Montauk Highway – a creature that was eating the wildlife and scaring the locals. Our scryers had been sensing magical disturbances in the area for several weeks. We’re like the police forĚncientĞgyptian supernatural forces, making sure they don’t cause too much havoc in the modern world.Īnyway, on this particular day I was tracking down a rogue monster on Long Island. Just a lot of them – but that kind of goes with the territory, since I’m a magician in the House of Life. I’mĜarter Kane – part-time high-school freshman, part-time magician, full-time worrier about all theĞgyptian gods and monsters who are constantly trying to kill me. The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse. Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough. PERCY JACKSONĚND THEěATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH To learn more about Rick and his books, visit: Rick lives iněoston, Massachussetts, (apart from his summers on Half-Blood Hill) with his wife and two sons.

Some believe that, to avoid a mass panic among the mortal population, he was forced to swear on the River Styx to present Percy Jackson’s story as fiction. Rick Riordan is the creator of the award-winning, bestselling Percy Jackson series and the thrilling KaneĜhronicles and Heroes of Olympus series.ĝon’t miss his new series: MagnusĜhase and the Gods ofĚsgard.Īccording to Rick, the idea for the Percy Jackson stories was inspired by his son Haley.ěut rumour has it thatĜamp Half-Blood actually exists, and Rick spends his summers there recording the adventures of young demigods.

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