The Son of Sobek

The Son of Sobek is a short story in the paperback version of The Serpent's Shadow with a guest appearance of Percy Jackson.



Plot
A giant crocodile has swallowed Carter, but spits him out after he is jabbed in the butt by Percy. The crocodile leaves soon after that. Carter picks himself up and sees the other teenager in the mud. The boy is wearing an orange T-shirt that says 'Camp' but the rest is unreadable. Carter says that he has been to all of the North American Nomes and met most of their magicians, but had never seen this boy before. The teen "camper boy," who is actually Percy Jackson, has a double-edged sword that glows faintly, which Carter finds strange. Carter also notes that Percy could see his khopesh and wand. Percy then asks Carter if he was a son of Ares and what had bent his sword. Carter replies in an angry tone saying that it was supposed to be bent and says he had the situation under control, to which Percy mockingly agrees. Percy then states that the crocodile had been terrorizing Long Island—which Percy says is his home turf—for a week. Percy then makes the mistake of calling Carter a 'half-blood,' which the latter (being of mixed race) takes offense to. In a state of anger, Carter punches Percy with the Fist of Horus, which he had been planning to use to break out of the crocodile's belly.

Trivia

 * The audiobook is being narrated by author Rick Riordan; the first time he has ever narrated the entire audio for his own story.
 * The short story will be released later this year as a separate ebook.