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She missed her bunk in the Fifth Cohort barracks. But she missed it more than her birthplace of New Orleans, and definitely more than Alaska, where she’d died back in 1942. Camp Jupiter had only been her home for nine months, since Nico had brought her back from the Underworld. Hazel could almost imagine she was sailing home to Camp Jupiter. Below them, morning sunlight illuminated the Italian countryside-rolling green hills and golden fields not too different from those in Northern California. Hazel didn’t relax until they were out of the mountains. The Argo II picked up speed, retreating northwest, as they’d been doing for the past two days. Magical rigging lashed itself tight, and the ship tacked to port. Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina, but he turned the wheel. Unfortunately, Hazel guessed, judging from their last two encounters, Leo’s newest weapon had only annoyed the numina.Īnother boulder whistled through the air off to their starboard side.

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The spheres grew spikes in midair, like helicopter blades, and hurtled away into the fog.Ī moment later, a series of explosions crackled across the mountains, followed by the outraged roars of mountain gods. Hazel just had time to cover her ears before it discharged into the sky, spraying a dozen metal spheres that trailed green fire. A few feet away, a trapdoor opened in the deck. “That’s not the point!” Leo snatched up one of his controls, rigged from a Nintendo Wii stick, and spun it in a circle. “That’s the third time I’ve had to replace that mast! You think they grow on trees?” “Stupid rock gods!” Leo yelled from the helm. The scene disappeared in the fog, but when the mountain god bellowed again, other numina answered in the distance, their voices echoing through the valleys. With his bare hands, he pried another chunk of rock from his mountain and began shaping it into a ball. He bellowed something Hazel didn’t understand, but it obviously wasn’t welcoming. He was about twenty feet tall and extremely muscular, with a flowing white beard, scraggly hair, and a wild look in his eyes, like a crazy hermit.

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Like the others they had faced, this one wore a simple white tunic over skin as rough and dark as basalt. Whatever you called them, they were nasty. Standing at the summit was a mountain god-one of the numina montanum, Jason had called them. The clouds parted just long enough to reveal the top of the mountain below them: a spearhead of black rock jutting from mossy green slopes. Hazel peeked over more carefully this time. She helped him up, and they stumbled to the bow. “I’m fine,” Nico muttered, kicking folds of canvas off his legs.

“Nico!” Hazel scrambled over to him as Leo brought the ship level. The boulder, roughly the size of a pickup truck, tumbled off into the fog like it had important business elsewhere. The foremast collapsed-sail, spars, and Nico all crashing to the deck. The huge rock passed so close overhead it blew her hair out of her face. She thought: Why is the moon coming at us? Then she yelped and hit the deck. A dark spherical shape hurtled toward her. Hazel made the mistake of looking over the rail. The Argo II veered left, its aerial oars slashing through the clouds like rows of knives. “Hard to port!” Nico yelled from the foremast of the flying ship.īack at the helm, Leo yanked the wheel. She was peering into the fog, wondering how it could be so difficult to fly across one stupid mountain range, when the ship’s alarm bells sounded. The stakes are higher than ever in this adventure that dives into the depths of Tartarus.DURING THE THIRD ATTACK, Hazel almost ate a boulder. In about a month, the Romans will march on Camp Half-Blood. If the demigods don't succeed, Gaea's armies will never die. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors are sealed, how will Percy and Annabeth be able to escape? They have no choice. If they can fight their way through Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors from both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. Fast Shipping - Mailed in plastic mailer!Īt the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld.

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