What happens when Hermione disappears, along with her parents? What happens when Ron Weasley wakes up with a mysterious sword beside his bed, where Hermione usually sleeps? What happens when there is a town, cursed with a secret so terrible they'd rather trap all that visit in their hell instead of burning it all to the ground?

"And there it is again; just the thought of Gwen sends a chill down Peter so profound, to call it pain was a gross understatement. This, this feeling, it was beyond pain, beyond guilt, beyond shame. Just. . . beyond, like an alien creature. Peter has never experienced. . . this." Spoilers for TASM2!

Annabeth Chase has been eighteen for two months now, and she's ready. This will be her biggest challenge. Discarding logic, discarding safety. And who better ready for than to be ready for the murderous, evil Perseus Jackson? The boy - the man - who has shaken oceans and left beings bigger, older, supposedly stronger than himself begging to fall on his sword.