Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy who has
had no ordinary life. He is supposedly diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder) and dyslexia, has been expelled from six different
schools, has a step-father with foul smell, and so on. But nothing can be
compared to the fact that he is the Son of the Sea God, Poseidon.
Percy first
finds out that he is a half-blood (child between a mortal human and a god) when
he gets chased by a Minotaur into a camp for children like him, called Camp
Half-Blood. There he is told by the campers and camp directors that the Greek
gods still exist and that they are very much alive. He also finds out that the
kingdom of Olympus is currently in America.
At camp, Percy starts to have weird dreams
about the god Zeus and his brother Poseidon fighting over something, and
consults the assistant camp director Chiron (who is a centaur) about it. From Chiron, Percy
discovers that Zeus’ Master Bolt which is a symbol of his power, was stolen at winter
solstice and is accusing Poseidon for it. The others suspect that Zeus’ other
brother Hades is behind it all, in order to cause war.
Percy is assigned a quest to go find and return the Master Bolt to
its rightful heir before summer solstice when the gods all meet together. He takes two of his friends Grover
and Annabeth with him on his quest where he is confronted with various monsters
and gods. While on a bus, the three are attacked by three Furies (monsters with
bat-like wings) and make a near escape from them. After the close call, when
Percy and his friends go inside a garden gnome emporium following the scent of
food, they meet Medusa and narrowly escapes from being turned into a rock. When
Percy was alone at The Gateway Arch, the mother of monsters Echidna and Chimera
(a huge monster with a lion head) makes a surprise attack on him but Percy is saved using Poseidon's powers. After that, the three confront a
giant called Procrustes called The Stretcher and they wittily trick him into
binding himself to a chair.After many interferences, Percy finally reaches the Underworld and sets out to meet Hades. But he is very surprised to hear Hades say there, that he is not the one who stole the Master Bolt. In fact, Hades himself was also robbed. His own symbol of power called the Helm of Darkness was stolen from his property.
Who is the person (or god) behind all these robberies and why? Percy soon realizes that something even more evil and powerful than Hades was the true culprit. It’s up to him to find the stolen articles on time before summer solstice, in order to prevent war between the gods. The future of Olympus is in twelve year old Percy’s hands...
