The kids travel cross-country by train and bus. The modern-day Underworld exists beneath the city of Los Angeles, while the modern Olympus is above New York City. Half-Blood Hill administrators send Percy (along with Grover and another camper named Annabeth) to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus’ thunderbolt from Hades, who supposedly stole it. Percy learns he is the only living son of Poseidon, the sea god, and that he possesses many powers that are enhanced when he comes in contact with water.īecause of a misunderstanding between Poseidon, Zeus and Hades, a war seems imminent. Many of these kids stay at Half-Blood Hill to hone their demi-god skills and avoid the monsters that attack them outside of the camp. They still have affairs with humans, creating children with special powers, who often struggle in the human world. The gods of mythology are alive and well, ruling over the current center of the universe, America. Grover (who turns out to be a satyr, or half man/half goat) and others nurse Percy back to health with ambrosia and explain that he and the other campers are children of Greek gods. A half-man/half-bull attacks him as he prepares to cross the property line, and Percy wakes up in the camp, knowing the creature has either taken or killed his mother. His mother and best friend, Grover, rush him to a summer camp called Half-Blood Hill. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, is about to get kicked out of another boarding school when monsters start chasing him.
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