Jason has a problem‎.‎ He doesn‎'‎t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl‎.‎ Apparently she‎'‎s his girlfriend Piper‎,‎ his best friend is a kid named Leo‎,‎ and they‎'‎re all students in the Wilderness School‎,‎ a boarding school for "bad kids‎.‎" What he did to end up here‎,‎ Jason has no idea‎-except that everything seems very wrong‎.‎ Piper has a secret‎.‎ Her father has been missing for three days‎,‎ and her vivid nightmares reveal that he‎'‎s in terrible danger‎.‎ Now her boyfriend doesn‎'‎t recognize her‎,‎ and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip‎,‎ she‎,‎ Jason‎,‎ and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half‎-Blood‎.‎ What is going on‎?‎ Leo has a way with tools‎.‎ His new cabin at Camp Half‎-Blood is filled with them‎.‎ Seriously‎,‎ the place beats Wilderness School hands down‎,‎ with its weapons training‎,‎ monsters‎,‎ and fine‎-looking girls‎.‎ What‎'‎s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about‎,‎ and that a camper‎'‎s gone missing‎.‎ Weirdest of all‎,‎ his bunkmates insist they are all‎-including Leo‎-related to a "god‎.‎" Rick Riordan‎,‎ the best‎-selling author of the Percy Jackson series‎,‎ pumps up the action and suspense in "The Lost Hero‎,‎" the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series‎.‎ Fans of demi‎-gods‎,‎ prophesies‎,‎ and quests will be left breathless‎-‎-and panting for Book Two‎.‎