percy jackson & the olympians 1 the lightning thief

Hades threatens to kill his hostage Sally and reanimate the dead unless his helm is returned.

The battered group finally meets Hades, who reveals that his Helm of Darkness has also been mysteriously stolen, and accuses Percy of stealing it.

In Hades's realm, Grover is nearly dragged into Tartarus by Luke's flying shoes. Percy learns more about his companions, his powers, and the world of the Greek gods. They perform a favor for the god Ares, who gives them a backpack full of supplies and safe transportation to Nevada. Along the way, they are attacked by the Furies, Medusa, Echidna, and the Chimera. The trio travels to Los Angeles to visit Hades. Percy brings Chiron's magic sword Anaklusmos and Luke's flying sneakers. Annabeth and Grover accompany him to the realm of Hades-the most likely culprit. This, coupled with the fact that Zeus's master lightning bolt has recently been stolen, has bred much suspicion between the gods. She was killed by monsters sent by Hades.

He is the second violation of the oath, as the first was Thalia, daughter of Zeus. Chiron explains to Percy how the three eldest male gods-Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades-swore an oath not to have children Percy represents a violation of the oath. After a hellhound attacks him, he is saved by Chiron and then claimed by his father, the god Poseidon. He settles into camp life and meets several other demigods, including Luke and Annabeth. He learns that the camp is called Camp Half-Blood, and that he is a demigod: the son of a human and a Greek god. Percy kills the beast with one of its own horns. At a summer camp, Sally is attacked by a minotaur and disappears in a flash of light. Percy's friend Grover reveals himself as a satyr and warns of danger. Percy and his mother Sally go to Long Island. Brunner, later revealed as Chiron, lends Percy a magical sword-pen to defeat her. Dodds, turns into a Fury and attacks him. While on a school trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the chaperones, Mrs. Percy Jackson is a dyslexic twelve-year-old with ADHD. On May 14, 2020, Riordan announced that a live-action TV series for Disney+ would adapt the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, with the first season covering The Lightning Thief. The novel is followed by The Sea of Monsters and spawned two sequel series ( The Heroes of Olympus and The Trials of Apollo) and the extended universe of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles.Ī film adaptation of the book, titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, was released in the United States on February 12, 2010. It won the Adult Library Services Association Best Books for Young Adults, among other awards. The Lightning Thief is a 2005 American fantasy- adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.

Percy jackson & the olympians 1 the lightning thief