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Look, Percy continued, I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties- He mentioned it! one of the ghosts whimpered.

Five syllables, Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. That would be real bad.

Your uncle, Poseidon sighed, has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.

To my wonderful readers. Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger. I'll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book. Well, except for maybe a few small ones... because I love you guys.

She blinked. Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you? What did... he looked like a guy. So? A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy? I guess... Not the dog-headed guy. I knew it! Sadie pointed at me as if she'd won an argument. Good-looking. I knew it! And with a ridiculous grin, she spun around and skipped into the house. My sister, as I may have mentioned, is a little strange.

Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument.

Catch that last episode of Doctor Who? Oh, right. You were trudging through the Pit of Eternal Damnation!

Leo: I'm almost out of gas! Woah, that came out wrong. I meant the burning kind!

What's Cabin Nine? Leo asked. And I'm not a Vulcan! Come on, Mr. Spock, I'll explain everything.

Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!

The wind blowing through my ripped clothes was so cold that I felt like a Percysicle.

You Titans are about as bright as my gym socks.

There! Apollo pointed. Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression.

Anubis frowned. He locked his very nice eyes with mine. "You're not dead." "No," I said. "Though we're trying awfully hard.

I believe you, Sadie. Oh really. I'm holding the bloody feather of truth, and you believe me. Well, thanks.

It was an annoying name to have. People tended to spell in Mangus, rhymes with Angus. I always corrected them: No, it's Magnus, rhymes with swagness. At which point they would stare at me blankly.

No, no," Leo said. "Rainbows. Very macho.

Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.

Some of the best demigods have gotten their start by blowing up toilets.

Nico leaned over and plucked a grape. Probably that was the guy's entire diet for the day.

hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.

Otis, I said. Shhh, he said. I'm incognito. Call me...Otis. I'm not sure that's how incognito works, but okay. Otis, aka Otis climbed into the chair I'd reserved for Sam.

Oh, don't mind me! Just the queen of the heavens, dying over here!