The Lost Hero

This is the first book of The Heroes of Olympus, the second Camp Half-Blood series.

Synopsis
'''AS OLD ENEMIES AWAKEN, CAMP HALF-BLOOD'S NEW ARRIVALS MUST PREPARE FOR WAR. . .'''

When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods – despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods practising archery with flaming arrows and explosives.

But rumours of a terrible curse – and a missing hero – are flying around camp.

It seems Jason, Piper and Leo are the chosen ones to embark on a terrifying new quest, which they must complete by the winter solstice. In just four days time. The story starts on December 17, 2010.

Can the trio succeed on this deadly mission – and what must they sacrifice in order to survive?

(Cont.) 

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea—except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

'''Leo has a way with tools. '''His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all—including Leo—related to a god.

The Great Prophecy
Seven half bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire the world must fall,

An oath to keep with a final breath, 

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Chapter list

 * 1) Chapter 1 (Jason POV)
 * 2) Chapter 2 (Jason POV)

Characters

 * Jason: a 15 or 16 year-old demigod who's lost his memory. He has a golden coin that turns into a golden sword when flipped and vice versa. He can manipulate the Mist. Jason can survive lightning that'd kill twenty men, though his shoe is blasted to bits (The original Jason lost a sandal, and found the Fleece). He can also manipulate air. Jason saw a friend being bullied and took an instant dislike to the bullies, though he couldn't remember them. Jason jumped off the Grand Canyon to save Piper, showing his courage and loyalty to his friends. He and Percy share a fatal flaw.
 * Leo: He's Jason's demigod best friend. He's very mischievous. He also likes to build things.
 * Piper: She's Jason's demigod girlfriend. Her dad is apparently very important, but it's her mother who's immortal.
 * Coach Gleeson Hedge: He's a saytr posing as a coach who was assigned to protect Leo and Piper. Once Jason is attacked, however, Gleeson decides to protect him. Previously, he tried to defend a park in Toronto from a giant evil badger.
 * Dylan: He is a cruel boy with blinding white teeth. He transmogrifies into an anemoi thuelli (storm demon son of Typhon) and tries to kill the demigods. He summons two other storm demons, but Jason slays them. Dylan kidnaps Gleeson Hedge. The monster says that his "mistress" will destroy all demigods, but it's unknown who his mistress is.
 * Butch: He arrives with Annabeth on a chariot pulled by a pair of pegasi. There is a rainbow tatood on his arm.
 * Annabeth: She arrives with Butch on a chariot looking for Percy. She says she needed to find someone with one shoe.
 * Percy: He has been lost for three days and is the lost hero.