Greek mythology alive and well in modern-day America. The gods are still mating with humans, leaving behind demigod heroes. Percy Jackson discovers he’s one of them, and heads off to the training camp designed for such beings, and then is sent on a quest. Adventure, whee!

Anyway. The world and the characters (other than Percy) seem slightly under-developed. For some of them, that’s fine. Mr. D, for example, is amusing and needn’t development. But we could do with some more insight into Percy’s friends. Most of the world needn’t much introduction, as it’s chiefly our world, though.

The plot is good, but the twists and revelations seem a tad predictable. The last I saw only a page or two ahead of the character. Some of the others were apparent a hundred pages before our hero or his comrades figure it out. When it’s obvious you’re wrong, why do you keep just plodding along assuming you’re not? Is it just that I’m paranoid and Percy’ll believe whatever the hell he’s told first?

The predictability doesn’t ruin the story for me. It just makes me impatient for the protagonists to figure it out already. Overall, it’s a darn fine story. Somehow I doubt the sequels are as good, but I certainly think they’ll be worth reading. This definitely was.