IF YOU LIKE POISONINGS, BETRAYALS, MUTILATIONS, MURDERS AND FLESH-EATING FARMYARD ANIMALS, KEEP READING . . .  Percy Jackson is a modern day demigod, the son of Poseidon.    Polish your shield and get your flaming spear, then travel back about 4,000 years to decapitate a few monsters, steal loot from evil people …… and then die painful, tragic deaths.