The Sea of Monsters

The Sea of Monsters is the second novel in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians sequence. When the tree protecting Camp Half-Blood is poisoned, Percy and his companions journey into dangerous waters in search of the Golden Fleece. Their task also becomes a rescue mission for Grover. Encounters with figures and situations adapted from Greek mythology mingle with modern settings and comic surprises. Percy’s relationship with Tyson gives the adventure a particular concern with family loyalty and the difficulty of recognizing another person’s worth beyond first appearances.