The Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 2

Published: 1, April 2006

Author: Rick Riordan

Book 2 of 5: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Genres: Action, Adventure, Children's, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Folk Tales, Greek & Roman, Legends, Magic, Myths, Social Skills, Teen, Young Adult

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Summary

Percy Jackson and the Olympians opens with Percy dreaming about Grover being pursued by a monster. He wakes up on the last day of his seventh-grade year at Meriwether College Prep, a calm year. There, he became friends with Tyson, a homeless youngster who the school adopted as a charity project. Percy is ambushed by a band of Laestrygonians during a game of dodgeball in gym class but is saved by Tyson and Annabeth, who were on their way back to Camp Half-Blood after having visions about the camp being in danger. The three go to Long Island in a magical cab piloted by the Graeae. They arrive at the camp to find a group of campers led by Clarisse LaRue fighting two Colchis bulls.

Tyson is given permission to cross the camp's perimeter once more in order to save Percy. He is shown to be a newborn Cyclops and Percy's half-brother, as he is also a Poseidon's offspring. By poisoning the demigod Thalia's tree, some unknown foe has undermined the defensive walls of Camp Half-Blood, leaving the campers susceptible to future monster attacks. Chiron, the camp counselor, is sacked after being suspected of poisoning the tree.

Chiron observes before departing that only the Golden Fleece has the power to save the camp. Stymphalian birds attack during the chariot races shortly after, but Percy and Annabeth use Chiron's boombox and Dean Martin's "Volare" to distract them, allowing the Apollo campers to fire them down.

Tantalus is appointed as the new camp counselor due to his charm and sword skills. Tantalus sends Clarisse LaRue to retrieve the Golden Fleece as a prize for winning the chariot race and bans anyone else from leaving camp without his permission. Percy leaves camp with Annabeth and Tyson to find Grover after speaking with the deity Hermes concerning the fate of his son Luke. The trio arrives at the Princess Andromeda, a cruise ship populated with monsters and demigods that have united with the giant Kronos, with the assistance of a hippocampus named Rainbow.

They are apprehended aboard the ship by Luke Castellan, who reveals that he is planning to resurrect Kronos. Annabeth, Thalia, and Luke narrowly escape on an emergency lifeboat and seek refuge in a hideaway they made as youngsters. A hydra tracks them down and attacks them, but Clarisse and her ship, the CSS Birmingham, save them.

Clarisse's search and travel to the Bermuda Triangle are joined by Annabeth, Percy, and Tyson (also known as Sea of Monsters). The ship tries to cross between Charybdis and Scylla in order to reach the Sea of Monsters, but they attack and destroy it. Percy and Annabeth board a lifeboat and travel to the nearest island when Clarisse becomes separated from the others and Tyson appears to be dead in the explosion. After passing across the narrow strait guarded by Charybdis and Scylla, the two arrive on the island of the witch-queen Circe, much as Odysseus did.

When they realize Circe has transformed scores of men into guinea pigs, they board the legendary pirate ship Queen Anne's Revenge, which Percy is able to command using just his abilities, leaving legendary Blackbeard along with his crew to deal with Circe. Percy and Annabeth pass by the Sirens, and Annabeth confides in Percy about her fears.

They arrive at the island of Percy's half-brother, the Cyclops Polyphemus, to find that he has taken Clarisse captive. Percy and Annabeth encounter Grover, who is posing as a female Cyclops to deceive Polyphemus into not eating him, before embarking on their trek to the island's heart. Tyson arrives to assist as well, having been rescued from the wreckage of the Birmingham by Rainbow. They locate the Golden Fleece, but the Queen Anne's Revenge is destroyed by Polyphemus, forcing the gang to flee on Rainbow and a few other ships.

Percy discovers in Miami that Clarisse must return to camp alone in order to fulfill her prophecy, but he and the others are taken by Luke. Percy is kidnapped and taken onboard the Princess Andromeda, where he makes contact with Camp Half-Blood through the goddess Iris and charms Luke into confessing, exonerating Chiron, and restoring him to his rightful place. Luke is outraged and fights Percy, but Chiron and the Party Ponies arrive to save them, and Chiron reveals that he is distrusted since Kronos is his father.

Thalia's pine tree is healed once the Golden Fleece is placed on it. After clearing the difficulty of Polyphemus drawing in searchers through the Golden Fleece, Grover is granted a furlough on his solo mission to discover the deity, Pan. Percy and Annabeth win a second chariot race with the assistance of Tyson, who departs after accepting an offer from Poseidon to work in the god's underwater Cyclops forges. The Fleece's enchantment, however, is too powerful, and it resurrects Thalia, offering another prospective demigod for the Great Prophecy, which Percy learns was Kronos' goal all along.

Rating: 100/100

Recommended: 100/100 Yes.

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