Dakota screamed like a kindergartner.Puffin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook addition of Demigods and Magicians, written and read by Rick Riordan.
A zombie in a ragged nineteenth-century motoring outfit clawed his way to the surface. He searched deeper, extending his senses into the Underworld. He felt the nearest graves, the bones of forgotten humans buried and scattered. He knelt and placed his hand on the ground. ‘I didn’t say I would be behind the wheel.’ Nico enjoyed how nervous the Romans acted around him, even though they were older and bigger and more experienced fighters. ‘The keys are in the glove compartment, but, uh, can you drive?’ The big guy was still only half-conscious, mumbling what Nico assumed were football calls: ‘Red twelve. Nico helped Dakota and Leila haul Michael Kahale ashore. The Acropolis groaned and shifted as the Earth Mother woke.ĪBOUT FIVE MILES EAST OF CAMP, a black SUV was parked on the beach. The blood of Olympus watered the ancient stones. It hit the ground between his feet and sizzled like water on a frying pan. ‘Percy, look out …’ Piper tried to say, but for once her voice failed her.Ī single drop of blood fell from his chin. He seemed unaware that a trickle of blood had made its way down his face to the end of his chin. He seemed to be looking at Percy Jackson. We need only one more thing from you to make our victory complete.’ An ominous black cloud billowed from the deck. It pierced the ship’s hull and exploded inside, sending spouts of fire through the oar openings. The ship shuddered and tilted in the sky. This time Leo couldn’t return fire fast enough. The six demigods were forced into a defensive ring.Īnother volley of Earthborn rocks hit the Argo II. They couldn’t be killed without the help of the gods. The giants were bigger, stronger and more numerous. Jason summoned another lightning strike, but this time Porphyrion simply deflected it off the tip of his spear. Hazel was knocked out of her saddle at sixty miles an hour. Their wounds seemed to be healing faster.Īnnabeth lost ground against Periboia. He changed into a rhinoceros and leaped into battle, but as fast as he could knock down the giants they got up again. The giants overcame their confusion.įrank ran out of arrows. They were actually winning!īut too soon their element of surprise faded. Piper stood back to back with Jason, fighting every giant who dared to come close. But he seemed to be standing his ground against the old giant Thoon, who had somehow reattached his hand and found his meat cleaver. Percy was back on his feet, Riptide once again in his hands. She stabbed at the giantess with her own hunting knife and led her in a deadly game of tag around the throne. She tried to grab Annabeth, but, despite her bad leg, Annabeth was holding her own. The giantess Periboia had thawed with alarming speed. Kekrops looked around at his army, now reduced to six guys.įrank’s arrows cut them down as they tried to retreat. All the gooey membranes popped and the tunnels collapsed, billowing plumes of dust. ‘Kill the tricksters!’īefore many of his warriors could follow, Hazel pointed her blade at the nearest tunnel. In four or five places around the ruins, the ground turned to green goo and armed gemini burst forth, Kekrops himself in the lead. With extremely bad timing, Kekrops and his snake people chose that moment to join the fight. Hazel zipped from giant to giant, stinging them with the blade of her spatha. The forty-foot fall would have broken any other horse’s legs, but Arion hit the ground running. Hazel spurred Arion off the colonnade and they leaped into battle.