demigods and magicians chapter 5 summary

If you’re wondering why I didn’t just ride on Freak’s back, imagine two hummingbird-like wings beating faster and more powerfully than helicopter blades.

I hitched our flying reed boat to Freak, my pet griffin, and we spent the morning buzzing around the south shore, looking for signs of trouble. But they were all at the First Nome in Egypt for a week-long training session on controlling cheese demons (yes, they’re a real thing – believe me, you don’t want to know), so I was on my own. Normally my sister, Sadie, or some of our other initiates from Brooklyn House would’ve come with me. When mortals start raising the alarm, you know it’s time to check things out. One reporter even called it the Long Island Swamp Monster. Then the local news started reporting that a large creature had been sighted in the ponds and marshes near the Montauk Highway – a creature that was eating the wildlife and scaring the locals. Our scryers had been sensing magical disturbances in the area for several weeks. We’re like the police for Ancient Egyptian supernatural forces, making sure they don’t cause too much havoc in the modern world.Īnyway, on this particular day I was tracking down a rogue monster on Long Island. Just a lot of them – but that kind of goes with the territory, since I’m a magician in the House of Life. I’m Carter Kane – part-time high-school freshman, part-time magician, full-time worrier about all the Egyptian gods and monsters who are constantly trying to kill me. The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse. Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough. PERCY JACKSON AND THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH To learn more about Rick and his books, visit: Rick lives in Boston, Massachussetts, (apart from his summers on Half-Blood Hill) with his wife and two sons. Some believe that, to avoid a mass panic among the mortal population, he was forced to swear on the River Styx to present Percy Jackson’s story as fiction. But rumour has it that Camp Half-Blood actually exists, and Rick spends his summers there recording the adventures of young demigods.

Don’t miss his new series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.Īccording to Rick, the idea for the Percy Jackson stories was inspired by his son Haley. Rick Riordan is the creator of the award-winning, bestselling Percy Jackson series and the thrilling Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus series.

Demigods and magicians chapter 5 summary