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Percy Jackson wasn’t expecting any trouble at the new school his mom’s boyfriend got him into. It’s not that Percy is a bad kid, just that trouble seems to follow him. It could be that he is the son of Poseidon and very powerful. At his orientation, he ran into an acquaintance that helped him out before. Was that coincidence? After some of the cheerleaders turn out to be demons and the school’s band room was destroyed by fire, Percy got outta there. It seems that there is a labyrinth underground and Luke, Percy’s once friend and now bitter enemy, is trying to find his way through it. The gang believe that he wants to come into Camp Half-Blood without going through the wards and destroy camp altogether. Luke has been taken over by Kronos. His mind has been altered by greed of power and to be the best. Once Kronos is put back together and there isn’t a safe haven for the demigods, then his job of destroying all the gods would be easier. Luke, himself, just wants revenge on his father Hermes for not paying any attention to him. Of course the gods aren’t allowed to interfere in their child’s life much. Poseidon doesn’t seem to notice Percy until he’s being stared in the face by what he had done. It might not be fair but that’s what it means to be a demigod.

There doesn’t seem to be more than one way into the Labyrinth. The only way recorded is the string that is magic. Percy knows another way but it isn’t recognizable just yet. Receiving help from some of the gods is helpful but from others it seems to put a damper on things. Annabeth is in charge of this quest and they must find the one who built the labyrinth and stop him from helping Luke. The camp cannot be destroyed. It is hard to find who you can trust and who you cannot.

Once Percy figures out that a mortal that can see through the mist that the gods and demigods put around other humans is what they need to guide them through, he finds Rachel again. It seems that Rachel is human but can see through the mist and has helped Percy more than once. She helped him in the elevator and then again at the school. The only problem was that Rachel seems sweet on Percy and Annabeth doesn’t like that at all. So there is some lover’s tension in the air. Also Nico is in the labyrinth alone and if Luke figures out that Hades is his father and how useful he would be to their cause, Nico would become a sacrifice. So the gang are looking for Nico and trying to find Daedalus and figure out the trials of the labyrinth itself. It proves to be their biggest adventure yet.

This journey has many twists and turns and is well worth your time. It is well written as been the rest of this series and captured my interest first off and held it throughout the entire book. I cannot wait until the next one comes along. I don’t want this series to end.