"If it is not returned by the summer solstice there will be a war."Īccused of stealing the lightning bolt, Percy sets out with his friend Grover (who turns out to be a satyr - half-man, half-goat) and another child of the gods, the skilled warrior Annabeth, daughter of Athena, to discover the true identity of the thief, recover the bolt and save the universe. "Zeus's bolt is the most powerful thing ever created."
Just as he is getting used to the idea, Percy finds himself in the midst of a titanic struggle between the gods over a missing artifact. He is, indeed, a demigod: son of the sea god Poseidon and a mortal woman. When strange things start happening, such as a winged Fury attacking him, Percy finally learns the secret of his birth. The children of these unions were half god, half human." On several occasions they would come down to Earth and …" The big three are the brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. However, he is about to find out who his father is and the un-typical family he springs from.
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Percy Jackson may look like a typical teenager: insecure, brooding and full of anger at the absent father he never knew. The gods of ancient Greece rarely get featured roles in movies any more but Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and the rest are at the center of at "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," a new film adventure adapted from the first in a series of novels popular among young readers.