The Lost Hero
Jason Grace has no memory of his identity or how he came to be on the bus with a group taking a field trip to the Grand Canyon. Leo Valdez claims to be his best friend and Piper McLean, his girlfriend. At the Grand Canyon, one of the students reveals himself to be a greek monster, and a horde of Venti attacks the three and their supervising teacher, Coach Gleeson Hedge, who reveals himself to be a Satyr and confronts the Venti. Jason is able to defeat the Venti's helpers, but the Venti capture Coach Hedge and flee. Two strangers arrive in a flying chariot: Annabeth Chase (daughter of Athena) and Butch (son of Iris). Annabeth is hostile towards Jason when they meet as she had been told that to find Percy she must find the guy with one shoe. Jason is only wearing one shoe, yet Percy is not there, which causes her distress.
Jason, Piper, and Leo are taken to Camp Half Blood and are informed that they are demigods, children of the ancient Greek gods. Jason seems to prefer the gods' Roman forms instead of Greek. Leo is immediately claimed by Hephaestus, a glowing red hammer appearing above his head as soon as he reaches Camp Half Blood. At the campfire that night, Piper is given the blessing of Aphrodite, revealing her to be a daughter of Aphrodite. Piper quickly forms a rivalry with Drew, the bossy senior counselor of her cabin. Jason is revealed to be a son of Zeus after he summons his power to call lightning. He is also revealed to be the brother of Thalia, a main character from the Percy Jackson series. Jason remembers Thalia when he sees a picture of her in Zeus's cabin and learns that Hera/Juno has stolen his memories. Piper is jealous of Thalia at first, until she realizes that Thalia is Jason's biological sister. Annabeth takes Jason to see Clovis, a son of Hypnos (god of sleep) to try to find some of his memories through sleep. Clovis explains to him the difference between the gods' Greek and Roman forms.
Less than a day later, the three new demigods are sent on an urgent quest to rescue Hera, who has been kidnapped by a giant. The three set off on the back of a giant robotic dragon, Festus (which in Latin, means "happy") that Leo finds and repairs. They first travel to Quebec, Canada, where they meet the god of the North Wind, Boreas. Piper discovers that she can speak French, as she speaks with the god and his sons and daughter, Khione. They travel back south, where Festus crashes mysteriously, leaving the three demigods to explore an abandoned tire factory. While Leo goes to find Festus, Jason stays inside the factory with Piper, who has broken her ankle. She heals herself with ambrosia and nectar, the food of the gods, while Jason sets out to explore. When he doesn't return, Piper become suspicious and is captured with Jason by the three Cyclops who have taken up residence in the ancient building. Leo sneaks inside and crushes the cyclops with a crane, releasing Piper and Jason,who has been knocked unconscious. Leo repairs Festus, and when everyone is back in good health, they set off again. Seeking a place to sleep, Leo finds a sewer to set up camp in. The demigods then discover a weird shop, which turns out to be owned by the evil sorcerous Medea, who tries to kill them with poison. They escape after a fight, leaving Medea in her burning building. Fetus crashes again, this time attempting to land on someone's property. Everything is thrown into confusion when a large flash of light sends everything tumbling down. The property turns out to be protected by a laser system, which slashes Festus into pieces, damaged beyond repair. The demigods tentatively enter the house and find Coach Hedge frozen in place in a cage. They fall asleep, and wake up to a man discovering them passed out on the floor. The entire house turns out to be made gold, a detail they missed as it was dark when they entered. The man is discovered to be King Midas,who manages to turn both Leo and Piper to gold before Jason finally manages to kill him by blasting the house with lightning. It begins to rain, returning everyone, including Coach Hedge, to normal. Later in the journey, the demigods are attacked by King Lycaon and his pack of Werewolves, when they are suddenly rescued by the Hunters of Artemis. Jason and Thalia are reunited, and the two groups set out to seek help from Aeolus, the god of all wind. He is driven a bit crazy from managing all of the gods' requests for weather in different regions, and is proven to be quite dangerous after he sends a flock of angry harpies after the demigods and Coach Hedge. Luckily, they are rescued by Mellie, a helpful wind spirit whom Hedge falls in love with. They discover that Hera's kidnappers are Gaea's underlings and that she seeks to overthrow the Olympians.
They save Piper's father (Tristan McLean, a movie star), whom Enceladus has held ransom, and release Hera from her prison. They temporarily stall Gaea's plans, but the newly risen Porphyrion is able to escape. After the battle, they return to camp, where Leo starts building the Argo II, the flying ship for their next mission. Festus' mechanical, fully functioning head is featured as the masthead of the Argo II. Piper also overthrows Drew as senior counselor and gains new-found self-confidence. After part of his memory returns, Jason realizes that he is from the Roman counterpart to Camp Half-Blood called Camp Jupiter. He remembers a girl named Reyna and that Hera switched his place with Percy Jackson, who is now at Camp Jupiter with no memory of his life at Camp Half-Blood.
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