I turned to Annabeth and shook my head in exasperation. “Always Hercules. What is it with Hercules?”

Annabeth shrugged. “He had a great publicist.

“Oh...my...god,"Drew whimpered."Who..."Anubis ignored her (bless him for that) a…”

“I kept climbing--past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil'…”

“This is Buford,” Leo announced. “You name your furniture?” Frank asked.”

“According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we wer…”