The Titan's Curse by Riordan is the third book in the Percy Jackson series. The Olympic gods and the Titans are both actively seeking and recruiting as many half-bloods as they can find. When Percy, Thalia, Grover, and Annabeth travel to a military school to rescue two half-bloods, they find themselves face-to-face with a manticore. As they battle the monster, the goddess Artemis arrives and wounds the monster, which then jumps over the nearby cliff with Annabeth. Percy tells the goddess everything that the manticore said before the battle. She is particularly interested in what he says about the stirring of ancient monsters that have not been seen for a long time. She admits to sensing a new monster and decides to send her hunters back to Camp Half-Blood to go hunting alone for the ancient creature. Shortly after her arrival in camp both Percy and the head hunter Zia have dreams about the goddess being captured and in deep trouble. The oracle warns that 5 must be sent on the quest and predicts that one will be lost, another must withstand the Titan's curse, and a third will be killed by a parent. Despite the ominous warning 2 hunters including Zia and the girl from the military school must join forces with Thalia, Percy, and Grover in a quest to rescue Artemis and return one newly freed Titan to his rightful place.
The Titan's Curse is on par with the first two books in the series. I still maintain my disagreement with Riordan's choice of narrator. As with the other two books, some portions of the book are predicable to someone familiar with Greek mythology, but it doesn't detract from the face-paced, non-stop action in the story. Another light fluffy read for those who enjoy Greek mythology.
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