The cut on his head had looked pretty bad. Please let Jason be okay.Īs soon as they’d gotten on board, Piper had taken Jason below. She sounded almost…scared.įrom belowdecks, Percy called up, “Annabeth, we need you.” “A cold feeling.” Annabeth’s tone changed. But at the same time, I felt like I wanted to. “The guy was a jerk, but he didn’t fire on the camp. “No.” Leo could have lied and blamed that stupid Roman, but he didn’t want to make a bad situation worse. “Leo,” she said calmly, “did Octavian trick you somehow? Did he frame you, or-” Ever since he’d met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter, when she’d marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous. He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Her blond hair fell loose around her shoulders, but Leo didn’t find that attractive. Her gray eyes were as steely as ball bearings. Even Hedge wasn’t crazy enough to defy Annabeth. The satyr trudged off, muttering under his breath. “Coach,” Annabeth said, “why don’t you make sure all the fires are out?” Awesome! Excellent! But did you have to knock out the satellite channels? I was right in the middle of watching a cage match.” “Look, kid,” Hedge said, “you blew up some stuff. The way the old satyr was glowering, Leo almost wondered if the coach was going to order him to do push-ups. In his gym clothes, with his cap pulled over his horns, he looked just like he used to at the Wilderness School, where he’d spent a year undercover as Jason, Piper, and Leo’s P.E. I couldn’t control it.”Ĭoach Hedge tapped his bat against the deck. “I remember, but it’s like I was watching myself do things. “I…” Leo felt like he was trying to swallow a marble. Leo’s memory was hazy, but while he’d been half conscious, he was pretty sure he’d seen a dragon land on the ship-a dragon that had turned into Frank.Īnnabeth crossed her arms. He looked like a baby sumo wrestler, though Leo wasn’t stupid enough to say that aloud. Too many people were looking at him: Annabeth (Leo hated to make her angry that girl scared him), Coach Hedge with his furry goat legs, his orange polo shirt, and his baseball bat (did he have to carry that everywhere?), and the newcomer, Frank. Their bronze dragon figurehead, Festus, was coughing up smoke like he had a hairball, and Leo could tell from the groaning sounds on the port side that some of the aerial oars had been knocked out of alignment or broken off completely, which explained why the ship was listing and shuddering as it flew, the engine wheezing like an asthmatic steam train.
THE MARK OF ATHENA COVER TV
The satellite array that powered the onboard Internet and TV was blown to bits, which had really made Coach Hedge mad.
The aft crossbows were piles of kindling. All around him, his beautiful new ship was in shambles. His head still throbbed from hitting the deck.
Either that, or he could invent a Slap-Leo-in-the-Face machine to punish himself, though he doubted it would hurt as badly as the look Annabeth was giving him. He’d go back two hours and undo what had happened. Climb aboard the Argo II, if you dare.LEO WISHED HE COULD INVENT a time machine. Narrated by four different demigods, The Mark of Athena is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side. What more does Athena want from her?Īnnabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed.
Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find-and close-the Doors of Death. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: Follow the Mark of Athena. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.Īnd that's only one of her worries. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy-after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera-it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war.
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