Son of Sobek Release Day!

Hey there! I just wanted to remind you that today is the first day that the paperback copy of The Serpent's Shadow is available. In the back, it includes *drumroll*.... THE SON OF SOBEK! The Son of Sobek is a short story featuring both Carter Kane and Percy Jackson. If you already own the hardback or e-book copy of the book, or you don't want to/can't buy one for any particular reason, an e-book version of the short story ONLY will be available on June 19th, which will include a sneak-peek of THE HOUSE OF HADES! :D (The current price is $2.99 for the Amazon Kindle version.)

So, have you read it? What did you think? I'm waiting for the e-book to come out. Expect some kind of analysis or fangirl-y post around June 20th or something. HAVE A PERCY-FUL DAY!

Upcoming Special Dates Update

'Sup, half-bloods?

I have some very special dates to share with you!

May 7th, 2013 - Paperback edition of the Serpent's Shadow comes out, INCLUDING a special Kane Chronicles/Percy Jackson crossover short story, The Son of Sobek!

May 31st, 2013 - House of Hades cover reveal!

June 18th, 2013 - Son of Sobek e-single release

August 16th, 2013 - Sea of Monsters movie release (in theaters)

October 8th, 2013 - HOUSE OF HADES RELEASE!!!!!!!!!

Now, a bit about the e-single. It includes both text and audio, with the story read by Rick Riordan himself! I don't know of a price yet, but I'm sure that will be released soon enough, along with the cover artwork for the e-single.

Something even more exciting about the e-single: IT COMES WITH A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF THE HOUSE OF HADES! (Which is probably why they're choosing to release it so much later.)

Don't worry, a free preview will be available closer to the release date. You just have to wait a little bit longer if you aren't buying the e-version of Son of Sobek (it does NOT come in the paper version).

I hope you're all excited! I am!!

And I will close this post with a heartfelt quote from Uncle Rick himself.

"Glad you're excited! Sorry about the trolling, but ahhhhh! I does not EXIST right NOW! I have to finish WRITING it first!!!"

Haha! Have a great day, demigods!

Kane Chronicles/Heroes of Olympus Fanfiction by Me (Chapter 3)

Chapter 3

At that moment it felt like the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders. Phew. He didn’t mean magicians.

But what were demigods? I had never heard the word before! Before I could say anything, Carter stepped in.

“What are demigods? I mean, who?”

“I probably shouldn’t be telling this to mortals,” said Grover, “but demigods are half-bloods. They’re only half mortal.”

“And half…?”

“Half… god.”

Both Carter’s and my jaw dropped to the floor.

“Like… Egyptian god?” I asked cautiously. “Ra, Horus, Isis…?”

Grover looked confused for a moment. “Oh, sorry. I know what you mean now.” He laughed nervously. “Wrong culture. I’m talking about Greek gods. Zeus, Poseidon, Athena… Does that ring a bell?”

I shook my head, but Carter nodded. “I know a few things about them. You know, I read about them a little bit. But I don’t know that much.”

Before Grover could respond, I cut in. “Hey, I get that you’re looking for this Percy Jackson fellow and demigod people and all, but you still aren’t telling us how exactly you ended up in my bedroom!”

Grover looked intimidated for a moment. I felt kind of bad telling him off, but what else was I supposed to do? Let some random goat man into my house?

“But anyway, the reason I’m here: I sensed some powerful forces here. I thought maybe it was the aura of a very strong demigod. But looking at you now, you don’t really seem like 

the type…”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” I demanded.

“Nothing, nothing!” Grover replied quickly and frantically. I smirked with satisfaction.

“Look dude,” Carter said, “I think you found the wrong people here. We are most certainly not demigods.”

“You never know,” Grover said. “Demigods usually don’t. Do you have two parents?”

“No, goat boy,” I said. “We don’t have any. Goodbye!” I proceeded to give him a small push.

“Hey!” He sounded offended. “I didn’t mean to be nosy at all! I just wanted to know!”

“Listen, bubba. We had two parents. They died. Neither of them was a Greek god.  Kay? Good. Buh-bye!” I began to shove him back to the window.

“Sadie!” Carter exclaimed. “What are you thinking? Give Grover a chance!”

“No!” I said. “He’s crossed the line!”

Carter scoffed and pulled Grover out of my grip. “Sorry about that,” he said. “Sadie can get a bit… touchy. It’s nothing personal.”

Grover brushed off his clothing. “Nah, man. She’s right. I should be going.” He began to mount the pegasus.

“Wait!” Carter yelled.

Grover froze. “What?”

“If we were… demigods, what would you do with us?”

He walked up to Carter. “Now, if I tell you two this, you can’t tell anyone, okay?”

Carter nodded, then looked expectantly at me. I rolled my eyes and nodded also.

Grover took a shaky breath. “I would take you to… a camp,” he said. “This…camp is meant training demigods to use their powers properly, and protecting them.”

Carter hesitated. “Protect them…” he scratched his head. “Protect them from what?”

Grover pretended he didn’t hear that. “Well! I’d better be going then!” he exclaimed quickly. As he mounted Blackjack and prepared to take off, I did what was probably the stupidest thing that I’ve ever done. (And trust me, I’ve done some pretty stupid things.)

I mounted the horse.

“Sadie!” Carter yelled.

“Quick! Jump on!” I screamed back.

I looked back. Carter was standing there, simply dumbfounded. I could tell that he wasn't going to move; I’d have to leave him behind. Honestly, sometimes that boy can be a bloody chicken. “I’ll be back for dinner!” I yelled.

The pegasus took flight, hopefully moving toward this mysterious camp. I watched Brooklyn House get smaller and smaller as we rode off in the distance. Grover looked back, gasped, and then clutched his chest, like he’d just realized what happened. “What are you doing here?!”

I grinned and gave him a slight nudge. "You're stuck with me now, goat boy."

Kane Chronicles/Heroes of Olympus Fanfiction by Me! (Chapter Two)

Warning! May contain Kane Chronicles spoilers!

Chapter 2

“CARTER! COME HERE!” I hollered from the top of the stairs.

I placed my hand on my hip and tapped my foot on the ground impatiently. A minute later, Carter was standing by my side dressed in his blue and white striped bathrobe and Khufu (monkey, not Pharaoh) slippers.

“What do you want?” he groaned.

“Donkey boy. Turkey pony. My room. Now.”

I turned and strode off. Carter wore a look of confusion. He scratched his head and followed me down the hall. “This’d better not be one of your stupid pranks again, Sadie.” I rolled my eyes and kept walking.

As Carter walked into my room, his mouth fell open.

“Um… Hi?” Grover said.

Carter waved, still slow and dumbfounded. “F-F-F-Flying horse?”

“Oh, it gets better,” I said. “I see you found some pants, donkey boy.”

“Goat,” corrected Grover.

“Whatever.”

Carter plopped down on my bed, his face filled with disbelief. “I knew I saw that!” he muttered to himself. “I saw that flying horse. But nobody would believe me.”

“Well, I believe you now. Happy?” I said sarcastically. I turned to Grover. “Tell us your story, Mr. Goat.”

“I came here for a reason,” he said. “I was looking for someone. Someone special. And also a friend of mine.”

“What exactly do you mean by special?” said Carter. I was surprised to hear him speak. “Like, a girlfriend? And who’s your friend?”

I could have sworn I saw Grover blush. “Not a girlfriend… and nobody in particular. Well, actually, yes, someone in particular. I just don’t know who it is yet. And my friend’s name is Percy Jackson. Do you know him?”

The pegasus whinnied at the sound of Percy Jackson’s name.

“Sorry, that doesn’t ring a bell,” Carter replied. “But what do you mean by ‘special’? I still don’t get what you mean.”

Grover thought for a moment. Then he leaned in toward us. “I’m searching for people. People with special powers,” he confided.

My heart skipped a beat when he mentioned “people with special powers”. Who did I let into my house? Was this guy some sort of magician hunter? What had I done?

He leaned in closer, and I began to tremble. “These people,” he continued, “are called demigods.”

Kane Chronicles/Heroes of Olympus Fanfiction by Me (Chapter 1)

Chapter 1

It was a perfectly ordinary morning at Brooklyn House until a bloody winged horse and stupid goat boy crashed into my bedroom window. 

I was in my room, relaxing on my bed. I scooped some scrambled eggs into my mouth and stared intently at Carter’s “private” e-mail on my laptop screen. (If Carter asks: You didn’t hear that. Get that into your head. As far as he is concerned, I am not a talented computer genius hacker person.) All of a sudden, I heard a loud thunk come from the window.

Cautiously, I tip-toed toward the window and opened the curtain with a slight—okay, sizable—flourish. The face of a black winged horse smashed into my window. It continuously flapped its wings up and down, trying to stay in flight. On its back was a boy, maybe about seventeen years old. He had curly brown hair and a startled look on his face. 

I blinked. A flying horse? I thought. I must be hallucinating!

I blinked again. Yep, it was still there. 

“A little help here?” the boy said. “We’re kinda stuck!”

Still dumbfounded, I opened the window. The pegasus—that’s what they’re called, right?—zoomed into my room at what seemed to be the speed of light. 

“Thanks,” the boy said.

I took one look at him and nearly passed out. His legs were covered in thick brown fur, and he had hooves for feet.

“No problem,” I managed. Instead of coming out as a casual comment, it came out in a little high-pitched squeak. “Who are you exactly?” I demanded. Good, I thought. I’m back to my usual demanding self.

“Well, I’m Grover,” the boy said, “and this is Blackjack.” He pointed to the horse.

“Grover… Like that blue chap from Sesame Street?”

“Uh…”

“Oh, never mind. I’m Sadie. Now, what are you doing in my house?”

“Umm…er…” He tugged at the ends of his orange shirt. “It’s kind of hard to explain.”

I let out an irritated sigh. “Well, in that case, come on in. I’ll find Carter. That’s my obnoxious brother, by the way. In the meanwhile, would you mind putting some pants on?”

My Edit!

Percy/Carter Crossover Story!!

 YO YO YO!
 I have some awesome news for you!
 But, before I tell you, another blog, percyjacksonforlife.blogspot.com, has a fan-fiction contest going on, and the owner of the blog asked me to share it with you. It sounds really cool, so I'd encourage you to go enter! You can find some more details about that here.

 Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I have to share the news with you.

You know how Uncle Rick said that he might write a Heroes/Kane crossover one day? Well, THAT DAY HAS COME!!!! It's not a full book, but it's a short story called Son of Sobek. It will be released on May 7th in the paperback version of the Serpent's Shadow. There will also be an e-book version available. It will be an e-book single, and also available in audiobook (narrated by Rick Riordan himself!) format, and priced accordingly. It's is about 40 printed pages long. p 

 For now, all we can do is wait... AND READ THE EXCERPT ON THE KANE CHRONICLES FACEBOOK PAGE! (Right here) 

 Carter is the narrator. It's so perfect that I was close to tears! Oh, and there's also a cool article that Rick re-tweeted that talks about it. You can read that right here! :) At least we have something to hold us over until the House of Hades comes out. :)
 Well, that's all for now! ENJOY THE EXCERPT, DEMI-MAGICIANS! :D