She wasn’t sure the Romans had a sense of humor. Leo had wanted to paint a giant message on the bottom of the hull-WASSUP? with a smiley face-but Annabeth vetoed the idea. Hopefully the message had gotten through. She’d asked Leo to send one of his special inventions-a holographic scroll-to alert their friends inside the camp. Annabeth had tried to give the Romans a heads-up. Two hundred feet long, with a bronze-plated hull, mounted repeating crossbows fore and aft, a flaming metal dragon for a figurehead, and two rotating ballistae amidships that could fire explosive bolts powerful enough to blast through concrete…well, it wasn’t the most appropriate ride for a meet-and-greet with the neighbors. The Argo II definitely did not look friendly. What if this was a bad idea? What if the Romans panicked and attacked them on sight? The warship descended through the clouds, but Annabeth couldn’t stop second-guessing herself. Even that mysterious chill she’d been feeling since the ship launched had dissipated, at least for now. The last thing they needed as they flew a magical Greek trireme into a potentially hostile Roman camp was a middle-aged satyr in gym clothes waving a club and yelling “Die!” Everything seemed to be in order.
Most important, she pulled aside their war-crazed chaperone, Coach Gleeson Hedge, and encouraged him to take the morning off in his cabin and watch reruns of mixed martial arts championships. She reviewed the plan with the rest of the crew-and the backup plan, and the backup plan for the backup plan. She confirmed that the white “We come in peace” flag was flying from the mast. She’d paced the deck of their flying warship, the Argo II, checking and double-checking the ballistae to make sure they were locked down. UNTIL SHE MET THE EXPLODING STATUE, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.
Hyperion Books, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011-5690.No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.Copyright © 2012 by Rick Riordan All rights reserved. OL16664287W Page_number_confidence 86.39 Pages 678 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211210185655 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 551 Scandate 20211209153251 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 4.Also by Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three: The Titan’s Curse Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five: The Last Olympian The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid The Kane Chronicles, Book Two: The Throne of Fire The Kane Chronicles, Book Three: The Serpent’s Shadow The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two: The Son of NeptuneĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Seán Hemingway, curator of Greek and Roman antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for helping me follow the Mark of Athena to its source. Staff of Serapis Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40308501 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:07:37 Associated-names Contains (work): Riordan, Rick.
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