Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Sea of Monsters




The Sea of Monsters is the second installment in the series, released on May 3, 2006.

On Percy's last day of school, he and his friend and soon to be brother Tyson are attacked by giants. Annabeth appears and saves them before leaving for camp.When they arrive Percy learns that the tree protecting the camp is dying and Chiron has been fired. If the tree fully dies then the camp boarders wont be protected and more Monsters will start attacking them.This will continue unless they find another way to protect the camp borders or the camp will be overrun by monsters. To save the tree, a quest is given to find the Golden Fleece.

Clarisse La Rue, a daughter of Ares, is given the quest to find the Golden Fleece. Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson sneak off, not just for the Golden Fleece, but to find their friend Grover Underwood. They meet Luke on his ship but are able to escape. They soon join with Clarrise on her quest. Her ship is destroyed passing through the Sea of Monsters and Annabeth and Percy continue their search for Grover after becoming separated from the others. After encountering the sirens and Circe, Annabeth and Percy reach the Polyphemus' cave. They are able to rescue Grover and Clarrise and Tyson helps defeats Polyphemus. They recover the fleece and head to Miami. Clarisse heads to camp and the others are captured by Luke. They are about to be killed before Chiron rescues them and takes them to camp. The fleece is able to save the tree, but it also revives Thalia, whose spirit was in the tree.

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